The National President of Miyetti Allah Kauta Kore, Bello Bodejo, was on Thursday docked for alleged money laundering offence involving 2.63 million dollars and terrorism financing.
He was docked by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before a Federal High Court in Abuja
In the suit, EFCC Counsel, Wahab Shittu, SAN, named Bodejo as sole defendant in the charge dated June 24 and filed June 25.
Bodejo was arraigned before Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo on a 12-count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of $2.33 million.
At Thursday proceedings, prosecution counsel Wahab Shittu, SAN drew the attention of the court to a 12-count charge application dated June 24, 2026 and filed June 25, 2026, urging the court to allow the defendant take his plea to which the judge granted his request.
In one of the charges, EFCC alleged that Bodejo at about the 11th day of January 2022 accepted a cash payment of USD $100,000.00 in physical currency from Sa’idu Abubakar, a former Accountant-General of Bauchi State who is currently in the lawful custody of the Nigeria Police Force.
The anti-graft agency said the money the statutory cash transaction threshold of five million Naira 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.
EFCC said this was 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.
In another count, Badejo, EFCC alleged, on 7th day of February 2024, at Abuja without lawful authority or excuse, accepted cash payment of USD $980,000.00 in physical currency from the former Accountant-General of Bauchi State without routing the said transaction through a financial institution as required by law.
The anti-graft agency said this was 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’
Badejo pleaded ‘not guilty’ to the charges following which the prosecution counsel, Wahab Shittu, SAN, asked the court for a trial date and for the defendant to be remanded in the custody of the Nigeria Correctional Service.
But the defence 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, however, strongly opposed by prosecution counsel, who drew the attention of the court to his counter-affidavit of 28 paragraphs, dated 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 for ruling on the bail application.