Human rights activist and lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, has stated that former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has been humbed by karma following his present trial over alleged cash laundering.
In a put up shared on X (previously Twitter), Adeyanju said that Malami, who as soon as held immense energy as Nigeria’s chief regulation officer, didn’t uphold the rule of regulation whereas in workplace.
“Malami didn’t imagine in rule of regulation at the same time as a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and didn’t obey a number of courtroom orders as AGF. Have a look at him in the present day, decreased to utterly nothing by karma. These in energy all the time neglect they may quickly be out of energy,” Adeyanju wrote.
Adeyanju’s remarks got here as Malami, his spouse, and son are remanded in Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja till January 7, 2026, when their bail purposes will probably be determined.
Recall that Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal Excessive Courtroom in Abuja gave the order final Friday after listening to arguments for and in opposition to their bail purposes in reference to a N9 billion corruption case filed in opposition to them by the Federal Authorities.
The {Economic} and {Financial} Crimes Fee (EFCC) had arraigned Malami, his son Abdulaziz, and considered one of his wives, Asabe Bashir, on December 30, 2025, on a 16-count cost bordering on cash laundering involving about N9billion price of suspicious property.
In response to the fees, the EFCC accused the defendants of buying and concealing multi-billion-naira property in FCT Abuja, Kano, and Kebbi States. The anti-graft company additionally traced greater than N200billion price of properties, together with a college, lodge, and a number of other residential homes to the previous minister.
The EFCC additional alleged that Ms. Bashir was an worker of Rahamaniyya Properties Ltd., an organization linked to Malami, which was stated to have performed a key position within the cash laundering transactions.
All three defendants pleaded not responsible to the fees.
Justice Nwite subsequently ordered that they be remanded in Kuje jail pending the ruling on their bail purposes scheduled for Wednesday, January 7, 2026.
