Court Grants N2bn Bail to Miyetti Allah Leader Over Alleged Money Laundering

By Joseph Sunday

Justice I.E. Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Monday, has granted bail to the leader of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo, in the sum of N2 billion.

The development was contained in a statement signed by the Head of Media and Publicity of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Dele Oyewale.

Justice Ekwo ruled that Bodejo must produce two responsible sureties in like sum. One of the sureties must own landed property within the Abuja Municipal Area Council, AMAC, and present tax clearance certificates for 2023, 2024 and 2025.

The court directed its Registrar to verify all documents and particulars submitted by the sureties before the bail is perfected.

As part of the bail conditions, the defendant was ordered to deposit his international passport with the court. The Registrar is to notify the Nigeria Immigration Service of the development, while Bodejo was barred from travelling outside the country or outside the jurisdiction of the court without prior permission.

The matter was adjourned to October 5, 6 and 7, 2026, for continuation of trial.

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

One of the counts alleges that on or about January 11, 2022, in Abuja, the defendant accepted a cash payment of $100,000 from one Sa’idu Abubakar, a former Accountant-General of Bauchi State, in physical currency — an amount said to exceed the N5 million statutory threshold under the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011, without routing it through a financial institution.