Mr Malami, who has been detained by the EFCC since 8 December, will be attending Tuesday's proceedings from custody.

The money laundering charges preferred against Mr Malami, his son and another co-defendant, included making efforts to conceal illicit origins of multi-billion naira worth of assets in Abuja, Kano and Kebbi.

Bashir Asabe, an employee of a firm linked to the former minister, Rahamaniyya Properties Limited, will also be arraigned.