US EditionAbubakar Malami: Nigeria drops charges of financing terrorism against ex-justice minister
The revised five-count charge centers on alleged firearm possession, and the court kept Malami and his son on bail of 500 million naira each.
- During Wednesday, former Attorney General Abubakar Malami and his son, Abdulaziz Abubakar Malami, pleaded not guilty to amended firearms charges at the Federal High Court in Abuja, as prosecutors dropped earlier terrorism financing allegations.
- The Federal High Court previously arraigned the pair regarding alleged terrorism financing and unlawful possession of arms, but authorities amended the indictment following a change in the prosecution team.
- Possession of a Sturm Magnum 17 0101 firearm, 16 live cartridges, and 27 expended cartridges without license forms the amended charge; Justice Joyce Abdulmalik maintained their $350,000 bail each.
- Adjourning the case for trial on May 26, Justice Joyce Abdulmalik ruled that Malami and his son must surrender travel documents under existing bail conditions while facing separate money laundering charges.
- Malami, a former minister under President Muhammadu Buhari, described his prosecution as politically motivated, claiming he left the All Progressives Congress to join the African Democratic Congress for Kebbi State.
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Alleged Terrorism: Court Fixes May 26 For DSS To Open Case Against Malami, Son
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed May 26 for the Department of State Services (DSS) to open its case of alleged terrorism against the immediate past Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, SAN, and his son, Abdulaziz. When the case was called, Akinlolu Kehinde (SAN), who appeared for the prosecution (DSS), told the court that an amended charge had been filed to replace an earlier one on which they had been arra…
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justnewsline.comFG re-arraigns ex AGF, Malami, son on amended alleged terrorism charge
The federal government on Wednesday re-arrianged a former Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami and his son, Abdulaziz Abubakar Malami, on a five-count amended charge. The new charge read against them before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Abuja, borders on alleged terrorism and unlawful possession of firearms. At Wednesday’s proceedings, which was supposed to be the commencement of…
FG Drops Terrorism Charge against Malami, Son; Re-arraigns Them for Arms Possession
The Federal Government, on Wednesday, withdrew the terrorism financing charge it filed against the immediate past Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, and his son, Abdulaziz. The FG, through its team of lawyers led by Mr. Akinlolu Kehinde, SAN, applied to substitute the charge with an amended one concerning the defendants’ alleged illegal possession of arms and ammunition. It told the court that …
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