The Federal High Court in Abuja presided over by Justice Emeka Nwite on Friday, January, 2 2026 has fixed Wednesday, 7 January, 2025 to rule on the bail applications filed by a former Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, SAN, his son, Abubakar Abdulaziz, and his wife, Bashir Asabe.
Justice Nwite fixed the date after counsel for the defence, Joseph Daudu, SAN, and counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ekele Iheanacho, SAN, adopted their processes and presented their arguments.
It was gathered that the EFCC, in the charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/700/2025, named the ex-minister, his wife, and son as the first, second, and third defendants respectively in a money laundering case.
The anti-sleaze agency 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.
The alleged offences were committed between 2015 and 2025, a period that includes Malami’s tenure as AGF under the administration of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari.
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.
