Senator representing Borno South District in the 10thNational Assembly, Ali Ndume, says his first wife is a high court judge and his friends usually mount pressure on him.

The lawmaker said it takes being strong in character to stand against the pressure mounted by friends.

“My wife is a high court judge, my first wife. And when people know that your wife is a judge, especially your friends, they will put pressure on you,” he said on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Tuesday.

“We are all humans, depends on how strong you are to stand against this kind of thing.”

The lawmaker was commenting on the startling revelations by a Senator in the 9thNational Assembly, Adamu Bulkachuwa, who disclosed that his wife, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa extended help to some politicians during her time as President of the Court of Appeal between April 2014 and March 2020.

Bulkachuwa, 83, who represented Bauchi North Senatorial District in the 9thSenate, made the disclosure during Senate Valedictory Session on Saturday.

Many senior lawyers including Senior Advocate of Nigeria and former President of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olisa Agbakoba have since tackled Bulkachuwa, labelling such disclosure as a “monumental disgrace” and asked that security agencies and President Bola Tinubu act immediately.

Ndume, who spoke on Channels Television’s programme hours after the inauguration of the 10thNational Assembly, said he is bothered by Bulkachuwa’s comment, saying, “people are caught in between what is right and moral and what is social”.

“Sometimes, when the system itself is more or less compromised or can be compromised, you will be tempted but I like his courage for confessing publicly even when he can decide to say no. It will help the system and people to look inwards.” (Channels TV: Text, Excluding Headline)