Category: #Corruption
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$9.7M TERROR FUNDING BAIL DENIED: BAUCHI FINANCE COMMISSIONER, OTHERS REMAIN IN CUSTODY
National security trumps bail—Federal High Court in Abuja shot down pleas from Bauchi Finance Commissioner Yakubu Adamu and co-defendants Monday, over bombshell $9.7m terrorism financing charges. Trial speeds up Jan 13. Justice Emeka Nwite ruled: These offenses wreck public safety and social order—pre-trial release? Too risky. He balanced innocence presumption (Section 36(5)) with harsh realities:…
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COURT FIXES JAN. 7 FOR RULING ON MALAMI, WIFE, SON’S BAIL IN MONEY LAUNDRING CASE
A Federal High Court in Abuja has scheduled January 7 for ruling on bail applications by former Attorney-General Abubakar Malami SAN, his wife Bashir Asabe, and son Abubakar Abdulaziz in an EFCC money laundering probe. Justice Emeka Nwite set the date after counsels Joseph Daudu SAN (defence) and Ekele Iheanacho SAN (EFCC) adopted processes and…
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COURT LOCKS MALAMI, SON IN KUJE; CO-DEFENDANT TO SULEJA – BAIL CLASH HEATS UP MONEY LAUNDERING DRAMA
Federal High Court in Abuja dropped the hammer Tuesday: Ex-AGF Abubakar Malami SAN and son Abubakar Abdulaziz head to Kuje Correctional Centre, while property firm staffer Hajia Bashir Asabe cools heels in Suleja – all pending Jan. 2, 2026 bail hearing on EFCC’s 16-count money laundering bomb alleging billions laundered via shady bank runs and…
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BAUCHI FINANCE COMMISSIONER REMANDED IN EFCC CUSTODY OVER ALLEGED N4.6 BILLION LAUNDERING SCAM
A Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the remand of Bauchi State Commissioner for Finance, Yakubu Adamu, on Tuesday pending a bail ruling after he and Ayab Agro Products and Freight Company Ltd pleaded not guilty to a six-count money laundering charge involving N4.65 billion in diverted Polaris Bank funds meant for motorcycle supplies to…
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FORMER JUSTICE MINISTER IN COURT OVER MONEY LAUNDERING CHARGES
From the seat of power to the dock — a former nation’s chief law officer faces the law he once helped to interpret. Former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, arrived at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday to answer to alleged money laundering charges, marking a dramatic…
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EX-AGF MALAMI FACES EFCC MONEY LAUNDERING CHARGES: MORE THAN 1B NAIRA LAUNDERED THROUGH PROPERTIES & BANKS
Former Attorney-General Abubakar Malami SAN, his son, and Bashir Asabe (Rahamaniyya Properties staffer) hit Federal High Court Tuesday before Justice Emeka Nwite on a massive 16-count EFCC rap – billions allegedly disguised via suspicious bank moves and luxury grabs in Abuja, Kano, Kebbi from 2015-2025, his full Buhari-era AGF stretch. EFCC blasts conspiracy to hide…
