Miyetti Allah President Bello Bodejo Faces Arraignment Over $2.53m Terrorism Financing, Money Laundering

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is set to arraign the President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo, before the Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged terrorism financing and money laundering offences involving about $2.53 million.

The anti-graft agency filed a 12-count charge against Bodejo on June 22, 2026, accusing him of receiving and possessing large sums of foreign currency allegedly linked to proceeds of unlawful activities, in violation of provisions of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 and the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.

According to the charge, one of the counts alleged that Bodejo, on January 11, 2022, in Abuja, knowingly accepted $100,000 in cash from a former Accountant-General of Bauchi State, Sa’idu Abubakar, without routing the transaction through any financial institution as required by law.

In another count, the EFCC alleged that Bodejo received $200,000 in physical cash from the same source on January 21, 2022, and an additional $500,000 on March 20, 2024. The Commission further accused him of receiving $980,000 in physical currency on February 7, 2024, and possessing funds suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activity.

Bodejo is expected to be arraigned once a date is fixed by the court.