The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed January 7, 2026, to deliver its ruling on the bail applications filed by former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, SAN, his wife, Hajia Bashir Asabe, and their son, Abubakar Abdulaziz.
Justice Emeka Nwite adjourned the matter on Friday after counsel to the defendants, Joseph Daudu, SAN, and the prosecuting counsel for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ekele Iheanacho, SAN, adopted their written addresses and presented arguments for and against the bail requests.
The trio are standing trial in a case marked FHC/ABJ/CR/700/2025, in which the EFCC listed Malami, his wife and son as the first, second and third defendants respectively, over alleged money laundering offences.
According to the anti-graft agency, the defendants were involved in several suspicious financial transactions and allegedly attempted to conceal the unlawful origin of billions of naira through multiple bank accounts and property acquisitions in Abuja, Kano and Kebbi states.
The EFCC alleged that the offences were committed between 2015 and 2025, a period spanning Malami’s eight-year tenure as Attorney-General of the Federation under the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari.
The commission further accused the defendants of conspiring to disguise the source of funds, indirectly acquiring properties and retaining sums they allegedly knew to be proceeds of unlawful activities, contrary to the provisions of the Money Laundering (Prohibition and Prevention) Acts of 2011 (as amended) and 2022.
Justice Nwite subsequently adjourned the case to January 7 for ruling on the bail applications.
