A prosecution witness on Tuesday told the Federal High Court in Abuja that several high-value transactions passed through the account of Alkausar Farm, an entity linked to the alleged N8.7 billion money laundering case involving former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN).

The witness, Munawwarah Salisu Anas, a Compliance Officer with Jaiz Bank Plc, testified as the fifth prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of Malami, his wife, Hajia Bashir Asabe, and his son, Abubakar Abdulaziz Malami.

The defendants are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a 16-count charge bordering on conspiracy, procuring, disguising, concealing and laundering proceeds of unlawful activities amounting to N8.71 billion, contrary to the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.

At the resumed hearing before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, prosecution counsel, J.S. Okutepa (SAN), informed the court that the matter was scheduled for continuation of trial and subsequently called Anas to testify.

Led in evidence by the prosecution, the witness explained that her duties as a compliance officer include liaising with law enforcement agencies such as the EFCC.

She told the court that Jaiz Bank received a request from the anti-graft agency for account-related documents and responded through a letter dated February 4, 2026.

The prosecution tendered the bank’s response and supporting documents in evidence.

Although defence counsel, Adedayo Adedeji (SAN), reserved his objection until the final written address, Justice Abdulmalik admitted the documents and marked them as Exhibit E Series.

While reviewing the documents, Anas explained that they comprised the forwarding letter, certificate of identification, account opening documents and statement of account for Alkausar Farm.

She subsequently highlighted a number of transactions reflected in the account records.

According to her testimony, the account received cash deposits of N1 million on June 13, 2018, and N2.25 million on June 20, 2018.

She further disclosed that on December 7, 2018, the account received multiple transfers from Kalamu Wahid Global Concept, including four separate inflows of N10 million each and an additional transfer of N8 million.

The witness also told the court that a transfer debit of N45.5 million was made from the account to Donaliv Global Nigeria Limited on December 18, 2018.

She added that the account received two separate inflows of N26.25 million each from Al-Afiya Energy Limited in July 2020.

Anas further testified that on July 24, 2020, the account recorded transfers of N50 million to Sahad Stores Limited and N1 million to Alfagai Jewelry Nigeria Limited.

She also revealed that on August 12, 2020, the account received a credit of N2.03 million, which was withdrawn on the same day through a cheque by one Aliyu Mohammed Hassan.

Under cross-examination, the witness confirmed that she was not before the court pursuant to a subpoena.

Asked whether she knew the purpose of the transactions reflected in the account statement, she stated that the bank monitors account activities and reports suspicious transactions to the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit.

Following the conclusion of cross-examination and the absence of re-examination, the witness was discharged.

Justice Abdulmalik subsequently adjourned the matter until July 17, 2026, for continuation of trial.