Nigerian Concord Newspaper
Benue Youths Council, BYC, has cautioned the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume against his plans and that of the leaders of his political family to manipulate the ongoing local government elections appeal.
In a press statement he issued to journalists this morning, President of Benue Youths Council, Barrister Anthony Apine said the planned manipulation of justice in the case between the two factions of the Benue State chapter of All Progressive Congress is judicial rascality if carried out successfully.
Benue Youths Council also warned the three judges sitting on the appeal to shelf the plans of giving kangaroo judgment in Senator George Akume’s favour. “We also wish to caution Bishop Wilfred Anagbe to stop being political and face his calling in the house of God. We are aware of his direct involvement in the bribery” Apine stated.
Also, the group called on President Bola Tinubu and leadership of the National Assembly to quickly investigate the allegation which linked a former President of the Appeal Court, Retired Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa and her husband, Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa to the planned bribery of the three judges sitting on the appeal.
The statement reads in parts: “It is no longer news that Senator George Akume as part of his plan to set Benue state on fire has started using a Catholic Bishop, Wilfred Anagbe to coordinate a fat bribery for the judges sitting on the ongoing appeal but what baffles one most is the direct involvement of Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, a former President of the Appeal Court and her husband who should be a statesman in the planned rape on our judiciary in Benue state.
“We are urging our leader, the SGF to allow the panel do its work unhindered. They should save the hundreds of millions which they have given Anagbe to send to the judges to manipulate their judgements like they did in the case of nine local governments during the last Tribunal ruling”