The Department of State Services (DSS) has arraigned former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami and his son, Abdulaziz Malami, before the Federal High Court in Abuja on a five-count charge that includes terrorism financing and illegal possession of firearms and ammunition, court records show.
The prosecution’s case, filed under charge number FHC/ABJ/CR/63/2026, alleges that Malami knowingly abetted terrorism financing by refusing to prosecute suspected terrorism financiers whose case files were brought to his office while he served as AGF.
Counts two through five of the charge relate to unlawful possession of a Sturm Magnum 17-0101 firearm, sixteen live Redstar AAA 5.20 cartridges and twenty-seven expended Redstar AAA 5.20 cartridges at the defendants’ residence in Gesse Phase II Area, Birnin Kebbi Local Government Area, Kebbi State, without a licence, the prosecution said.
When the charges were read to them in court, both Malami and his son pleaded not guilty to all counts. The prosecuting counsel, Dr.
Callistus Eze, asked the court to set a date for trial and to remand the defendants in the custody of the DSS pending further proceedings.
The defence counsel, Shuaibu Arua, SAN, made an oral application for bail, noting that the defendants had been in custody for about two weeks and were brought to court directly from the hospital.
The trial judge, Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, directed counsel to file a formal bail application and adjourned the matter until February 20 for the hearing of the bail application and commencement of the trial.
