The 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has condemned the continued detention of the former Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, who was granted bail by the Abuja High Court in an order dated December 23, 2025, and is still being detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
In a statement issued on Wednesday, Malami’s media aide, Bello Doka, described the continued detention of the former AGF as illegal and a violation of due process.
Doka accused the commission of using the media to promote what he called inaccurate narratives about Malami, insisting that the former minister had voluntarily submitted himself for investigation and had met all bail conditions stipulated by the EFCC.
“His continued detention in EFCC facility constitute breach of legal procedures and a blatant abuse of office by the commission who are expected to respect and comply with court orders,” Doka said.
The aide warned that detaining Malami despite a subsisting court order portrays the commission as an institution placing itself above the law.
In a post on Wednesday via 𝕏, Sowore vowed never to support extrajudicial measures against anyone and urged the EFCC to obey the court order granting bail to Malami.
According to him, the late former President, Muhammadu Buhari and Malami governed with arrogance and impunity, recalling his ordeal with the former AGF while he was in detention.
He wrote, “I will never support extrajudicial measures against anyone. I urge the @officialEFCC to obey the court order granting bail to former Nigerian Attorney General, Abubakar Malami. That said, we must also speak honestly about the despicable conduct of the @MBuhari’s and the Malamis who governed with arrogance and impunity, acting as though there would be no tomorrow and no accountability for their actions.
“In 2019 after four months of detention under the Muhammadu Buhari regime, I was granted bail but, Abubakar Malami, SAN and the useless DSS DG Yusuf Bichi demanded that my sureties appear at the DSS office for profiling, a request I refused to comply with.”