A legal firm, Sagitarian Law Firm, has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to reopen and prosecute a financial crimes case involving former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
The petition, dated August 27, 2026, was addressed to the Chairman of the EFCC and received at the commission’s Executive Chairman’s Office on September 1, 2026.
Titled “Request to Re-Open and Prosecute the Financial Crimes Case Involving Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, Former Vice President of Nigeria,” the letter was written by Sagitarian Law Firm on behalf of its client, an Ex-lawmaker Hon. Ehiozuwa I. Agbonayinma, identified in the document as a former member of the House of Representatives and a former member of Nigeria’s Code of Conduct Bureau.
According to the petition, the EFCC between 2005 and 2006 investigated allegations of grand corruption allegedly involving Atiku, who was then Vice President of Nigeria.
The lawyers stated that following the investigation, the EFCC released a report titled “The EFCC Report on Vice-President Abubakar Atiku (Full Report)”, dated September 2006.
The petition further claimed that the report contained allegations relating to corrupt practices, sleaze, money laundering and other financial crimes, allegedly involving Atiku.
The legal firm is now asking the anti-graft agency to revisit the matter and take steps toward prosecution based on the issues raised in its petition.
The development places renewed attention on an investigation dating back nearly two decades, with the petition seeking fresh action by the EFCC over allegations contained in its 2006 report.
The allegations contained in the petition are claims by the petitioner’s legal representatives and should not be construed as a finding of guilt against Atiku Abubakar.
