Federal High Court in Abuja has granted Bello Bodejo, President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, bail in the sum of ₦2 billion over his ongoing trial for alleged $2.63 million money laundering.
Gatekeepers News reports that Justice Inyang Ekwo, who presided over the case on Monday, admitted Bodejo to bail with two sureties in like sum after he pleaded not guilty to the charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
EFCC had arraigned Bodejo on July 9, accusing him of receiving large sums of cash in transactions that allegedly violated the provisions of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.
According to the commission, Bodejo allegedly accepted $200,000 in cash from Sa’idu Abubakar, a former Accountant-General of Bauchi State, on January 21, 2022, before allegedly receiving another $100,000 and $980,000 in separate cash transactions, bringing the total amount involved to $2.63 million.
As part of the bail conditions, the court ordered that one of the sureties must be an Abuja resident and provide three years’ tax clearance, while the second surety must own landed property in Abuja valued at ₦2 billion.
The judge also directed Bodejo to surrender his international passport to the court registrar and barred him from travelling outside Nigeria without the court’s permission.
Justice Ekwo subsequently adjourned the matter to October 5 to 7, 2026, for the commencement of trial, where the prosecution is expected to present evidence in support of the charges against the Miyetti Allah leader.
