Nigeria, July 10 -- For the second time in one week, the Federal High Court in Abuja rescheduled judgement in the assets forfeiture proceedings initiated against 57 properties allegedly linked to former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami.

The court, on Friday, rescheduled the judgement for 15 July because Judge Joyce Abdulmalik did not sit.

Court officials told our reporter that they did not know why the judge did not sit.

The court originally set Monday (6 July) for the judgement upon conclusion of hearing on 26 May.

However, on Monday, the court rescheduled the the judgement for Friday (today). No reason was given for the postponement.

The EFCC instituted the civil forfeiture proceedings in January, and pursue...