The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the leader of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Alhaji Bello Abdullahi Bodejo, before the Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged money laundering involving $2.33 million.
Bodejo was brought before Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo this Thursday on a 12-count charge bordering on alleged violations of the Money Laundering Act.
At the commencement of proceedings, EFCC’s counsel, Wahab Shittu (SAN), informed the court of the 12-count charge dated June 24 and filed on June 25, 2026, urging the court to allow the defendant to take his plea. The request was granted.
Bodejo pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
According to the EFCC, one of the charges alleges that Bodejo unlawfully accepted a cash payment of $100,000 from Sa’idu Abubakar, a former Accountant-General of Bauchi State who is currently in the custody of the Nigeria Police Force, without processing the transaction through a financial institution as required by the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011.
Another count alleges that he similarly received $980,000 in cash from the same individual on February 7, 2024, in contravention of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.
Following the defendant’s plea, the prosecution asked the court to fix a date for trial and remand him in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service.
However, defence counsel, Ahmed Raji (SAN), urged the court to grant his client bail based on an application filed on June 30, 2026.
The prosecution opposed the application, relying on a 28-paragraph counter-affidavit filed on July 6, 2026. Shittu argued that Bodejo posed a public risk, stating that the Department of State Services (DSS) was also interested in him and alleging that, given his influence, he could interfere with witnesses and the course of the trial if released.
Justice Ekwo ordered that Bodejo be remanded in the EFCC’s holding facility pending the determination of his bail application.
The case was adjourned until July 20, 2026, for ruling on the bail application.
