Nigeria, Dec. 30 -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami on money laundering charges at the Federal High Court in Abuja.

The EFCC arraigned him on Tuesday alongside his son, Abubakar Malami, and Asabe Bashir, an employee of a firm linked to the former minister, Rahamaniyya Properties Ltd.

They pleaded not guilty to all 16 counts that accused them of money laundering and illegitimate accumulation of wealth.

The charges included suspicious accumulation and frantic efforts to conceal the alleged illicit origins of multi-billion naira worth of assets in Abuja, Kano and Kebbi.

EFCC alleged in the charges that the defendants carrie...