The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is set to arraign a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice AGF, Abubakar Malami, SAN, in court today, December 30.
Malami, who was Justice Minister for 8 years under former president Muhammadu Buhari, would be put on trial at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
His plea is expected to be taken by Justice Emeka Nwite on 16-count charges bothering on money laundering, among others.
At the time of this report, operatives of the EFCC have taken over security control of the court promises to ward off possible threat to the court proceedings.
Malami has been in EFCC custody for close to one month as part of investigation into alleged money laundering and corruption linked to his tenure as Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, involving suspicions of mishandling government funds and other financial irregularities.