Alleged money laundering: Malami, wife, son’s detention extended by five days

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, adjourned ruling on their bail application of the immediate past Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, and two of his relatives, extending their detention by five days.

Justice Emeka Nwite made this known on Friday, where he scheduled the bail ruling for 7 January, 2025 after a hearing.

Malami alongside his son, Abdulaziz Malami, and one of his wives, Asabe Bashir, had already spent three nights at the Correctional Centre in Kuje, Abuja, following their arraignment on money laundering charges on 30 December 2025.

The judge, thereafter, ordered their remand in prison pending the hearing of their bail application scheduled for Friday.

Malami and his family were facing 16 counts, after EFCC accused them of money laundering involving N8.7 billion of alleged illegitimately acquired assets.

The defendants were accused of shady acquisitions and concealment of the origins of multi-billion-naira worth of assets, in Abuja, Kano and Kebbi.