Miyetti Allah President Arraigned Over Alleged Terrorism Financing, Money Laundering 

Miyetti Allah President Bello Bodejo

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the National President of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo before an Abuja Federal High Court, over allegations of terrorism financing and money laundering of the sum of $2.63 million USD.

Bodejo was arraigned before Justice Inyang Ekwo on a 12-count charge filed through its counsel, Wahab Shittu (SAN) on Thursday.

When the proceedings started, the prosecution counsel, Shittu told the court that the matter was for the defendant to enter his plea and urged the court to allow the defendant take his plea, a request the judge granted. 

Bodejo pleaded “not guilty” to the charges following which the prosecutor asked the court for a trial date and for the defendant to be remanded in the custody of the Nigeria Correctional Service.

Bodejo’s counsel, Ahmed Raji (SAN) prayed the court to admit his client to bail in respect of his bail application, filed on June, 30, 2026.

The bail application was opposed by prosecutor who drew court’s attention to his counter-affidavit of 28 paragraphs, dated and filed July 6, 2026.   

He pointed out that the defendant is a public risk as the Department of State Security Services (DSS) is on the watch out for him, and that being an influential person, he may manipulate the witnesses and progress of the case. 

Justice Ekwo ordered for the remand of the defendant in EFCC’s holding facility and adjourned the matter till July 20, 2026, to rule on the bail application.

Count one of the charge reads: “That you, Bello Abdullahi Bodejo (male, adult), on or about the 11th day of January 2022, at Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did knowingly and wilfully, without lawful authority or excuse, accept a cash payment of the sum of $100,000.00 in physical currency from one Sa’idu Abubakar, a former Accountant-General of Bauchi State who is currently in the lawful custody of the Nigeria Police Force, which sum exceeded the statutory cash transaction threshold of N5,000,000.00, prescribed under Section 1(a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended), without routing the said transaction through a financial institution as required by law, and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 16(1)(d) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended) and punishable under Section 16(2)(b) of the same Act.”

Count four reads: “That you, Bello Abdullahi Bodejo (male, adult), on or about the 7th day of February 2024, at Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did knowingly and wilfully, without lawful authority or excuse, accept a cash payment of the sum of $980,000.00 in physical currency from one Sa’idu Abubakar, a former Accountant-General of Bauchi State, who is currently in the lawful custody of the Nigeria Police Force, which sum exceeded the statutory cash transaction threshold of N5,000,000.00 prescribed under Section 2(1)(a) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022, without routing the said transaction through a financial institution as required by law, and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 19(1)(d) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022 and punishable under Section 19(2)(b) of the same Act”