COURT ADMITS NINE EXHIBITS AGAINST MALAMI AND FAMILY. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE
Court Admits Nine Exhibits Against Malami and Family A Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja and presided over by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik on Monday, April 20, 2026 admitted nine exhibits against a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, alongside his wife, Hajia Bashir Asabe, and his son, Abubakar Abdulaziz Malami. The exhibits were presented before the court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in its ongoing trial of the former Minister and some family members. The EFCC is prosecuting the defendants on an amended 16-count charge bordering on conspiracy, procuring, disguising, concealing and laundering proceeds of unlawful activities to the tune of N8,713,923,759.49 (Eight Billion, Seven Hundred and Thirteen Million, Nine Hundred and Twenty-Three Thousand, Seven Hundred and Fifty-Nine Naira, Forty-Nine Kobo), contrary to the provisions of the Money Laundering (Prev...
The months ahead,will definitely be rough for civil and public servants who have corrupt tendencies at both the federal,state and local government levels.This is even as the Inspector General of Police {IGP},Ibrahim Idris,has merged the X-Squad unit with the Complaint Respond Unit {CRU} of the force and em-powered them to search for,and get corrupt civil and public servants arrested.It would be recalled that the IGP during his inaugural speech did not hide his deep hate for corruption.He therefore vowed to put the necessary machineries in place to get both the men and officers of the Force and public/civil servants who are corrupt arrested and ensure they are dealt with in accordance with the law.The merging of the X-Squad and the CRU is the first step in that direction.Speaking in an exclusive interview with the AUTHORITY in Abuja,the Officer in Charge of the CRU,Abayomi Shogunle,an Assistant Commissioner of Police {ACP},disclosed that plans have been concluded for the unit to start hunting for public and civil servants who have the penchant of carting away re-sources meant for the public.''Since the IGP,Ibrahim Idris,has approved that the X-Squad should be part of the responding agents of CRU,then we should be ready to see recoveries of looted funds and apprehension of public and civil servants who abuse their office.Just as we have seen the recovery of 2.75 million naira from an Assistant Commissioner of Police {ACP},such recoveries will not be limited to the Nigeria Police Force alone; it will bee extended to public servants at the federal,state and local government levels,'' he disclosed.
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