The Federal High Court in Maitama, Abuja, has granted bail to the leader of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo, in the sum of ₦2 billion in his ongoing trial over an alleged $2.33 million money laundering case.
According to an official signed statement by the Head, Media and Publicity of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Dele Oyewale, Justice I.E. Ekwo granted the defendant bail on Monday, July 20, 2026, with two sureties in like sum.
The judge ruled that the sureties must be responsible persons, with one required to own landed property within the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC). The court also directed that one of the sureties must provide tax clearance certificates for the years 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Justice Ekwo further ordered the Registrar of the court to verify all documents and particulars submitted by the sureties before the bail conditions can be deemed fulfilled.
As part of the bail conditions, the court ordered Bodejo to deposit his international passport with the court. The Registrar was also directed to notify the Nigeria Immigration Service of the passport’s seizure, while the defendant was barred from travelling outside Nigeria or beyond the court’s jurisdiction without prior approval of the court.
Following the ruling, Justice Ekwo adjourned the case to October 5, 6 and 7, 2026, for the continuation of trial.
The EFCC had arraigned Bodejo on July 9, 2026, on a 12-count charge bordering on alleged money laundering involving $2.33 million.
According to the anti-graft agency, the first count alleges that Bodejo knowingly accepted a cash payment of $100,000 from Sa’idu Abubakar, a former Accountant-General of Bauchi State who is currently in the custody of the Nigeria Police Force, without routing the transaction through a financial institution as required by the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended).
The Commission alleged that the cash transaction exceeded the statutory threshold of ₦5 million and therefore contravened the provisions of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended).
Bodejo has pleaded not guilty to the charges, and the trial is set to continue in October.
