EXCLUSIVE: Ex-AGF Malami Quietly Returns To Court After Surety Moves To Pull Out, Seeks Judge’s Help To Leave Kuje Prison

In the meantime, a Federal Excessive Court had ordered the intervening time forfeiture of 57 assets allegedly linked to Malami and his two sons. The assets, in line with court documents, are valued at ₦213,234,120,000.

A personnel of attorneys and loyalists of embattled primitive Felony expert Total of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, returned to the Federal Excessive Court on Friday, reportedly attempting to fetch Justice Emeke Nwite’s thought to expedite his exit from Kuje Detention center.

The boost comes after a surety, first and critical all in favour of Malami’s bail processing, reportedly threatened to withdraw from the diagram no topic the bail having been performed and signed by the resolve the day prior to this, SaharaReporters learnt.

“A community of attorneys and loyalists of Malami returned to the Federal Excessive Court on Friday, attempting to fetch the thought of the resolve to facilitate his unceremonious departure get Kuje Detention center,” a offer privy to the anxiousness informed SaharaReporters.

“It is understood that a surety wished to drag out of the bail processing after it became performed and signed by the resolve the day earlier than at the present time.”

It remains unclear what final end result became reached by the shut of enterprise on Friday. 

On the other hand, a true practitioner familiar with the topic acknowledged the fair of the search recommendation from became to make certain the primitive AGF would possibly well seemingly leave reformatory with the thought of the resolve and without considerations.

SaharaReporters earlier reported that Malami had fulfilled all bail prerequisites imposed by the court, after Justice Nwite current his launch from custody.

Justice Nwite of the Federal Excessive Court in Abuja had final week granted Malami, his wife and son bail of ₦500 million every, with strict prerequisites including the submission of landed property documents and travelling papers.

The resolve had dominated that every defendant must present two sureties in treasure sum, and the sureties must possess landed property in Asokoro, Maitama, or Gwarinpa.

He added that they must put up their trip documents to the court.

The court ordered that the documents of the properties needs to be verified by the Deputy Chief Registrar of the court, while the sureties must furthermore to depose to an affidavit of arrangement.

Malami became furthermore ordered to deposit his trip documents with the court and must no longer trip overseas without the permission of the court.

The defendants and their sureties had been furthermore directed to put up two most up to the moment passport footage every to the court registry. 

SaharaReporters reported that no topic meeting the prerequisites for his freedom, Malami, nonetheless, refused to step out of the Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja, over fears that operatives of the Department of Recount Products and companies (DSS) can even straight rearrest him once he left the power.

Sources familiar with the reach disclosed to SaharaReporters that the primitive minister suggested his true personnel to urgently arrangement the court to demand an ex parte express restraining security companies, particularly the DSS, from taking him into custody upon his launch. 

It became learnt that no such maintaining express had been granted by the court, leaving Malami in a anxiousness the set up his endured preserve at the correctional centre became by personal selection moderately than any subsisting court express. 

A offer acknowledged the primitive Felony expert Total believed that final in custody became safer than risking an quick rearrest by security operatives.

In conserving with stories, Malami is facing a separate and serious probe by the DSS following the discovery of the palms at his Kebbi country residence.

In the meantime, EFCC uncovered the palms and ammunition all over a search of Malami’s set up.

On the other hand, for the reason that investigation of illegal palms possession falls outdoor the EFCC’s statutory mandate, the anti-graft company reportedly handed over the weapons to the DSS for a whole investigation.

The amount of palms and ammunition recovered would possibly well seemingly no longer be straight confirmed. On the other hand, sources informed The Nation that amount became substantial enough to warrant a beefy-scale DSS investigation.

Earlier on Tuesday, December 30, 2025, the EFCC arraigned Malami alongside Asabe, and Abdulaziz, earlier than Justice Nwite.

The defendants face a 16-depend price of conspiracy, procuring, disguising, concealing, and laundering proceeds of illegal actions amounting to ₦8,713,923,759.49, contrary to the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.

In the meantime, a Federal Excessive Court had ordered the intervening time forfeiture of 57 assets allegedly linked to Malami and his two sons. The assets, in line with court documents, are valued at ₦213,234,120,000.

The court granted Malami, his sons, or another fervent claimant a 14-day window to appear earlier than it and present proof that the assets had been lawfully bought.

On the other hand, failure to display satisfactory proof within the stipulated duration would possibly well seemingly stop up in the permanent forfeiture of the properties to the Federal Authorities.

The intervening time forfeiture express became made pursuant to the invocation of the Non-Conviction Asset Forfeiture provisions contained in the EFCC Institution Act.

The EFCC had approached the Federal Excessive Court, attempting to fetch an express to rob the properties located in Abuja, Kano, Kaduna, and Kebbi. 

In conserving with the anti-graft company, they’re suspected to be proceeds of illegal actions.