Malami, Wife and Son Re-Arraigned by EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday re-arraigned former Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, alongside his wife, Asabe Bashir, and their son, Abdulaziz, over money laundering allegations.

The trio appeared before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court in Abuja following the reassignment of their case to a new trial judge.

At the resumed hearing, EFCC’s counsel, Jibrin Okutepa, SAN, informed the court that the defendants were being re-arraigned and requested that their pleas be taken.

Okutepa also sought corrections to the sums stated in Counts 11 and 12 of the charge, asking that N325 million replace N325 billion in Count 11 and N120 million replace N120 billion in Count 12. The defence counsel, Joseph Daudu, SAN, did not object, and Justice Abdulmalik approved the corrections.

The defendants pleaded not guilty to all 16 counts of money laundering leveled against them by the EFCC.

Malami, his wife, and son were first arraigned before Justice Nwite on December 30, 2025, under charge number FHC/ABJ/CR/700/2025. While Malami and Abdulaziz were initially remanded at Kuje Correctional Centre, Asabe was held at Suleja Correctional Centre before all three were granted N500 million bail each, with two sureties of equal amount, on January 7.