The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) has filed a new petition with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), calling for an investigation into former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, over alleged corruption and financial mismanagement.

Dated December 23, 2025, the petition was addressed to EFCC Chairman Ola Olukoyede and signed by HEDA Chairman Olanrewaju Suraju. It follows an earlier petition submitted on September 11, 2023, and comes as Malami faces criminal charges, with his arraignment scheduled for January.

HEDA said the submission was prompted by new audit reports, investigative findings, and legislative probes that allegedly implicate Malami during his tenure.

According to the group, an audit report by the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation indicted the Ministry of Justice for mismanaging N113.2 million in 2019, citing expenditures made without proper documentation or adherence to public finance regulations. Another audit reportedly revealed billions of naira spent in 2017, including N10.4 billion paid as judgment debts without adequate oversight.

The petition also highlighted payments of N32.5 million in foreign travel allowances made without required approvals, as well as 68 payment vouchers totaling N71.19 billion that were allegedly unavailable for audit verification.

HEDA further referenced a Senate Public Accounts Committee investigation into N2.2 billion collected by the Ministry from Service Wide Votes between 2017 and 2021, which lawmakers found inadequately accounted for. Other allegations include N8 billion spent on prison decongestion programmes with no transparent reporting or measurable outcomes, and the deliberate non-enforcement of a 2018 Supreme Court judgment under the Deep Offshore and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contract Act—an act that could have generated over $55 billion for the Federation Account.

The group said these actions, if proven, violate several laws, 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.

HEDA urged the EFCC to broaden its ongoing investigation to cover these new allegations, recover any misappropriated funds, and prosecute all individuals found culpable.