Nigeria, Feb. 3 -- The State Security Service (SSS) has arraigned a former Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, alongside his son, Abdulaziz Malami, on charges of abetting terrorism financing and illegal possession of firearms.

The duo were arraigned on six counts on Tuesday before judge Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court in Abuja.

At Tuesday's proceedings, the charges were read to Mr Malami and his son, who pleaded not guilty to all the six counts.

Following their plea, prosecuting lawyer C. S. Eze applied for a hearing date.

He also urged the court to remand the defendants in the custody of the SSS pending further processes.

Lawyer to the defendants, Shuaibu Aruwa, made an oral application for bail, informin...