Nigeria, April 15 -- The federal government has dropped terrorism financing charges against former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, and his son Abdulaziz, but will press on with prosecuting them for other offences they were charged with.

The prosecution, led by Akinlolu Kehinde, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), announced an amendment to the case during Wednesday's proceedings at the Federal High Court in Abuja.

The Cable reported that Mr Kehinde, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, sought the court's permission to swap the former indictment with the amended version which includes other old charges like possession of firearms.

Defence lawyer Shaibu Aruwa, confirmed to the judge, Joyce Abdul...