An FCT High Court has granted interim bail to former Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), in a case involving the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Justice Bello Kawu granted the application on Tuesday in a motion filed by Malami’s legal team and marked M/17220/2025.
The court ordered that the bail be granted on the same terms earlier considered by the EFCC, including the surrender of Malami’s international passport and the execution of bail bonds by two sureties.
According to a statement by Malami’s counsel, Bello Doka, the court further directed that the sureties must include the Director-General of the Nigerian Legal Aid Council and a serving member of the House of Representatives representing the Augie/Argungu Federal Constituency.
The judge also reviewed and reactivated bail conditions earlier fulfilled on November 28, 2025, which required the provision of two sureties and the surrender of the applicant’s international passport.
Justice Kawu held that the interim bail was granted on grounds of exceptional hardship, pending the hearing and determination of the substantive motion on notice.
The court fixed January 5, 2026, for the hearing of the motion on notice.
Malami was arrested by the EFCC on December 8 over allegations bordering on terrorism financing, duplication of legal representation in the recovery of the $322.5 million Abacha loot, and issues related to the conditional cash transfer of recovered funds, among other allegations.
