Court adjourns Malami, son’s terrorism trial

The Federal High Court sitting successful Abuja, connected Wednesday, adjourned until March 10 for the prosecution to unfastened its lawsuit against erstwhile Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, and his son, Abdulaziz Malami, implicit alleged coercion financing and unlawful possession of firearms.

The Department of State Services, DSS, had connected February 27 arraigned Malami and his lad connected a five-count complaint bordering connected terrorism-related offences and amerciable firearms possession.

At the erstwhile sitting, the presiding judge, Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, granted some defendants bail and adjourned the substance to March 4.

When the lawsuit was called connected Wednesday, the Director of Public Prosecutions successful the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation, Rotimi Oyedepo, informed the tribunal that his bureau had precocious taken implicit the prosecution from the DSS and required clip to familiarise itself with the facts.

The DPP opposed the petition by counsel to the Malamis seeking to onslaught retired the case, describing it arsenic premature and urging the tribunal to disregard the application.

After proceeding arguments from some sides, Justice ...