The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) on Saturday seized the international passport of a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, as investigations into the whereabouts of recovered Abacha loot intensify.<\/p>\n
The seizure forms part of the ongoing probe into the movement of $490 million Abacha loot, earlier secured through Mutual Legal Assistance (MLAT).<\/p>\n
Malami is now barred from travelling out of Nigeria for one month, following strict bail conditions tied to his temporary release.<\/p>\n
It was gathered that the condition for his release at 1:00 a.m. on Saturday was that he report daily for interaction at the EFCC headquarters in Abuja.<\/p>\n
The former AGF is expected to provide detailed clarifications to the EFCC regarding the movement and location of the said funds in the coming month.<\/p>\n
According to The Nation, a fact sheet disclosed that Malami has multiple issues requiring clarification with the commission over the next 30 days.<\/p>\n
It stated,\u00a0\u201cWe have asked him to explain the whereabouts of $490 million Abacha loot secured through Mutual Legal Assistance (MLAT).<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWe didn\u2019t say he stole money, but he should account for the loot. This is one of the issues he will clarify to our investigators.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cConsidering the huge volumes of documents he has to go through and the detectives he needs to interact with, we have seized his international passport.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cOne of the conditions for his release on bail at 1 am on Saturday was that he should report daily to the EFCC headquarters for interaction.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cHe cannot travel out of the country except as mutually agreed with EFCC or with the permission of a High Court.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWe won\u2019t join issues with him on his braggadocio,o but we will release our findings to the public after painstaking investigation.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) on Saturday seized the international passport of a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, as investigations into the whereabouts of recovered...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t