A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday adjourned the trial of former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami and his son, Abdulaziz, until February 27.

The case, filed by the Department of State Services (DSS), was adjourned by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik following a public holiday declared by the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, ahead of the Abuja council election scheduled for tomorrow.

At the division of the court, few court workers were present, while there was no lawyer or litigant in court, including Malami and his son.

However, it was gathered that some lawyers and litigants who came to the court were turned back due to the minister’s work-free day.

The DSS had, on February 3, arraigned the former AGF and his son on a five-count charge bordering on terrorism and illegal firearms possession.

In the charge, marked FHC/ABJ/CR/63/2026, Malami is also accused of refusing to prosecute suspected terrorism financiers, whose case files were handed to him while he served as the AGF and Minister of Justice.

The Malamis are equally accused of warehousing firearms in their residence at Gesse Phase II Area, Birain Kebbi LGA, Kebbi, without lawful authority. The duo, however, pleaded not guilty when the counts were read to them.

Shortly after they pleaded to the charge, the prosecuting lawyer, Calistus Eze, asked the court to order their remand into the custody of the SSS and to fix a date for the commencement of trial.

But the defence lawyer, Shuaibu Aruwan, orally applied for bail for the defendants, arguing that his clients had been in the DSS’s custody for over two weeks.

Justice Abdulmalik rejected the oral bail application, noting that her court is a court of record, and ordered the defence to file a formal bail application.

The judge, who ordered that the defendants be remanded in the custody of the DSS, had adjourned the matter until February 20 for the commencement of trial.