The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arraigned Abubakar Malami, former attorney-general of the federation (AGF), along with his wife, Asabe Bashir, and son, Abdulaziz, over alleged money laundering.
The trio was re-arraigned on Friday before Joyce Abdulmalik of a federal high court in Abuja after the case was reassigned.
At the resumed hearing, Jibrin Okutepa, counsel to the EFCC, informed the court that the matter was appearing for the first time before the new trial judge and requested that the defendants’ pleas be taken.
He also sought the court’s permission to amend counts 11 and 12 of the charge, correcting the amounts from N325 billion to N325 million in count 11, and from N120 billion to N120 million in count 12.
Joseph Daudu, counsel to the defendants, did not object to the application. The court granted the request and approved the corrections.
Malami and his co-defendants subsequently pleaded not guilty to the 16-count charge.
