The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, for failing to meet the bail conditions earlier granted to him.

A senior official of the commission told NAN on Tuesday in Abuja that the former minister would remain in custody until he fulfils all requirements attached to the bail.

“We arrested him for not meeting his bail conditions and he will remain in our custody until he meets those conditions,” the official said.

Another EFCC source confirmed the detention, explaining that Malami was undergoing investigation for multiple offences.

“He is presently in our custody. He was initially granted bail but did not meet the conditions. The offences against him are many. At the moment, we are investigating him for 18 different offences. Some of them include money laundering, abuse of office and terrorism financing.

“We cannot put a figure to the amount involved now because we keep uncovering some of the deals as the investigation progresses,” the source added.

Efforts to obtain comments from the EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, were unsuccessful as he could not be reached at the time of filing this report.

Malami had earlier confirmed his engagement with EFCC investigators in a post on X on Nov. 29, describing the session as productive. He maintained that the allegations against him were fabricated.