Former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has announced plans to challenge the Federal High Court judgment ordering the final forfeiture of 48 properties linked to him.
The move follows Wednesday’s judgment by the Federal High Court in Abuja, where Justice Joyce Abdulmalik granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC’s application for the final forfeiture of the properties.
The court held that Malami and other claimants failed to establish that the assets were lawfully acquired, ruling that they had not displaced the reasonable suspicion that the properties were proceeds of unlawful activities.
In a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, Mohammed Bello Doka, Malami said he respectfully disagreed with aspects of the judgment and had directed his legal team to immediately file an appeal before the Court of Appeal.
He maintained that the judgment did not represent the
