Alleged Money Laundering: Ex-AGF Malami Arrives In Court For Arraignment

The former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, on Tuesday, arrived at the Federal High Court in Abuja for his arraignment over alleged money laundering.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is expected to arraign the ex-minister before the court alongside his son, Abubakar Malami, and Bashir Asabe, an employee of a firm linked to the former minister, Rahamaniyya Properties Ltd, on a 16-count charge before Justice Emeka Nwite of the court.

The anti-graft agency, in the charge, accused the defendants of carrying out various suspicious transactions and attempting to conceal the unlawful origin of billions of naira through bank accounts and property acquisitions across Abuja, Kano and Kebbi.

They allegedly committed the offences between 2015 and 2025, a period including the eight years Malami served as the AGF during the late former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.

The Commission alleged that Malami, his son, and Asabe conspired to disguise the origin of funds, acquire property indirectly, and retain sums they allegedly knew were proceeds of unlawful activity, in violation of the Money Laundering (Prohibition and Prevention) Acts of 2011 (as amended) and 2022.