She has also written a strong-worded letter to President Muhammadu Buhari to raise objections to the payment following revelations on the suspected sleaze.
The Cable Newspaper Journalism Foundation (CNJF), a partner organisation to TheCable, then sent a freedom of information request to Malami for a copy of the agreements that were reached with Monfrini for the recovery.
Malami refused to accede to the request, but the Cable Foundation is currently in court to seek an order of mandamus to compel the attorney-general to make the documents public.
An article apparently sponsored to discredit TheCable alleged that Monfrini was asking for an additional 20 percent to "complete the job".