The Federal High Court, Abuja, presided over by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik on Friday, February 27, 2026, ordered the remand of former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, his wife, Bashir Asabe, and their son, Abubakar Malami, in correctional facilities pending the determination of their bail applications.
Malami and his son, who are the first and third defendants, were remanded at the Kuje Correctional Centre, while Asabe, the second defendant, was ordered to be held at the Suleja Medium Correctional Centre.
Their re-arraignment by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) followed the reassignment of the case from Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, to Justice Abdulmalik.
The trio is facing an amended 16-count charge bordering on conspiracy, procuring, disguising, concealing and laundering proceeds of unlawful activities amounting to N8,713,923,759.49, contrary to the provisions of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.
At the commencement of proceedings, prosecution counsel, Chief J.S. Okutepa (SAN), informed the court that the matter was appearing before Justice Abdulmalik for the first time and sought leave for the amended charges to be read to the defendants.
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He also drew attention to corrections in Counts 11 and 12 to align the numerical figures with the amounts already stated in words.
Counsel to the defendants, J.B. Daudu (SAN), did not object to the amendment but urged the prosecution to make a formal application.
Justice Abdulmalik subsequently granted the request to amend the numeric values in the affected counts to correspond with the figures written in words.
