The trial involving the former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, along with his wife, Asabe Rakiya Bashir, and his son, Abubakar Abdulaziz Malami, resumed on Monday before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik at the Federal High Court, Abuja.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is prosecuting the defendants on an amended 16-count charge related to conspiracy, procuring, disguising, concealing, and laundering proceeds from unlawful activities amounting to 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), in violation of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.
During the resumed hearing on Monday, prosecution counsel J.S. Okutepa, SAN, presented Daniel Simon Kwayil, a compliance officer from Union Bank, as Prosecution Witness Two (PW2).
After taking his oath, Kwayil informed the court that the bank had received a letter from the EFCC in 2025 requesting documents related to Meethaq Hotels Limited, which included a forwarding letter, certificate of compliance, account opening package, and the company’s statement of account with account number 0179011105.
When asked if he could recognize the documents, the witness affirmed that he could identify them, noting that the letter was dated December 23, 2025, and was printed on Union Bank letterhead.
Okutepa then sought to submit the documents as evidence.
In response, defense counsel J.B. Daudu, SAN, stated that he had no objection at that moment but reserved the right to raise one if necessary.
Justice Abdulmalik subsequently accepted the documents into evidence and marked them as the Exhibit B series.
Further led in evidence, the witness was asked to refer to page 37 of the statement of account.
Corroborating, Kwayil stated that the account statement for Meethaq Hotels Limited covered pages 34 to 41, detailing both incoming and outgoing transactions.
He indicated that on November 3, 2022, the account recorded two deposits amounting to N1,745,242.73 and N21,202,209.36.
On November 8, 2022, he reported that the account received N685,200.00 and N685,400.00.
The witness further mentioned that on November 18, 2022, the account had an inflow of N1,047,019.55.
Additionally, he informed the court that on November 28, 2022, the account received N10 million twice from YMB Energy Limited.
Continuing his testimony, he stated that on December 2, 2022, the account received N4,565,320.58, and on December 5, 2022, it received N4,828,880.56.
Kwayil also noted that on December 20, 2022, there was an inflow of N1,83,686.44 into the account.
He further stated that on January 10, 2023, the account received N43,177,453.94, along with an additional N4,650,781.50 on the same day.
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