Nigeria, March 7 -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday opened its case in the money laundering trial of a former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, at the Federal High Court in Abuja.

Mr Malami, who is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), is standing trial along with his wife, Asabe Bashir, and his son, Abdulaziz Malami, on 16 counts of money laundering.

EFCC accused the defendants of conspiring to conceal, disguise and retain about N8.7 billion proceeds of unlawful activities.

The prosecution alleged in the charges that the defendants carried out the alleged money laundering scheme between 2015 and 2025, through multiple bank accounts, corporate entities and high value property acquisitions....