Nigeria, Jan. 2 -- Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) clashed on Friday at the Federal High Court, Abuja, over control of the courtroom during a hearing in the money laundering trial of former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami.

Mr Malami is standing trial along with his son, Abdulaziz Malami, and one of his wives, Asabe Bashir, on N8.7 billion money laundering charges that revolve around alleged illegitimate acquisition of assets and concealment of their illicit origins.

The EFCC had kept the defendants in a pre-trial detention before it arraigned them before trial judge Emeka Nwite on 30 December (Tuesday).

Following the arraignment, th...