ALLEGED $2.33M MONEY LAUNDERING: COURT GRANTS MIYYETI ALLAH LEADER BODEJO ₦2BN BAIL

Justice I.E Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on Monday, July 20, 2026, granted the leader of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo, bail in the sum of ₦2 billion with two sureties in like sum.

Justice Ekwo held that the two sureties must be responsible persons. One of the sureties must own landed property within the Abuja Municipal Area Council, AMAC.

He further directed that one of the sureties must present evidence of tax clearance certificates for the years 2023, 2024 and 2025.

In addition, Justice Ekwo ordered that the court’s Registrar verify the documents and particulars of the sureties before the bail conditions are deemed satisfied.

The court also ordered the defendant to deposit his international passport with the court. The Registrar was directed to notify the Nigeria Immigration Service of the seizure of the passport, and the defendant was barred from travelling outside the country or beyond the court’s jurisdiction without the court’s prior permission.

Thereafter, Justice Ekwo adjourned the matter till October 5, 6 and 7, 2026, for continuation of trial.

Bodejo was first arraigned on July 9, 2026, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a 12-count charge bordering on money laundering involving $2.33 million.

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 One Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (USD $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 Five Million Naira (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.”