Abubakar Malami, a former attorney general of the federation (AGF), his wife, Hajia Bashir Asabe and son, Abubakar Abdulaziz Malami will remain in Kuje Prison until January 7 pending the determination of their bail applications.
Justice Emeka Nwite fixed the date after counsel for the defence, Joseph Daudu, SAN, and counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ekele Iheanacho, SAN, adopted their processes and advanced their arguments.
The Witness reports that the EFCC, in the charge marked “FHC/ABJ/CR/700/2025,” listed the former minister, his wife and his son as the first, second and third defendants respectively in the money laundering case.
The anti-graft agency alleged that the defendants carried out several suspicious transactions and attempted to conceal the unlawful origin of billions of naira through bank accounts and property acquisitions in Abuja, Kano and Kebbi.
The alleged offences were said to have been committed between 2015 and 2025, a period covering Malami’s tenure as Attorney-General of the Federation under the administration of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari.
The commission further alleged that Malami, his son and Asabe conspired to disguise the origin of funds, acquire property indirectly and retain sums they allegedly knew to be proceeds of unlawful activity, contrary to the Money Laundering (Prohibition and Prevention) Acts of 2011 (as amended) and 2022.
