Fresh Trouble For Malami As Group Drags Ex-AGF Back To EFCC With New Petition

The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) has filed a fresh petition with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), calling for an expanded investigation into alleged corruption and financial irregularities involving former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶

The petition, dated December 23, 2025, was addressed to EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, and signed by HEDA’s Chairman, Olanrewaju Suraju. It builds on an earlier complaint submitted on September 11, 2023, and comes as Malami faces pending criminal charges, with his arraignment expected in January.

According to HEDA, the renewed petition is anchored on newly uncovered audit reports, investigative outcomes, and legislative inquiries that allegedly link Malami to financial misconduct during his time in office.

The group alleged that an audit by the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation indicted the Ministry of Justice for mismanaging ₦113.2 million in 2019, citing expenses incurred without proper documentation or compliance with public finance rules.

HEDA also pointed to another audit which reportedly uncovered billions of naira in questionable spending in 2017, including ₦10.4 billion paid out as judgment debts without adequate oversight. Other claims include ₦32.5 million in foreign travel allowances paid without the required approvals, and 68 payment vouchers worth ₦71.19 billion said to be unavailable for audit verification.

The petition further referenced findings by the Senate Public Accounts Committee, which investigated an alleged ₦2.2 billion received by the Ministry of Justice from Service Wide Votes between 2017 and 2021 and reportedly found the funds poorly accounted for.

Additional allegations outlined in the petition include ₦8 billion spent on prison decongestion initiatives without transparency or clear results, as well as the alleged failure to enforce a 2018 Supreme Court judgment under the Deep Offshore and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contract Act—an omission HEDA claims may have cost the Federation over $55 billion in potential revenue.

HEDA argued that the alleged infractions violate several statutes, including the EFCC Act, the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, the Public Procurement Act, the Fiscal Responsibility Act, and Nigeria’s Financial Regulations.

The organisation urged the EFCC to widen its current probe to cover the new claims, recover any funds found to have been misappropriated, and prosecute all parties found to be involved.