A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted ₦2 billion bail to Bello Bodejo, National President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, in his ongoing trial over allegations he laundered $2.63 million.
Justice Inyang Ekwo ruled the offences were bailable, ordering Bodejo to provide a surety resident in Abuja with a three-year tax clearance certificate and landed property worth ₦2 billion, to be verified by the court registrar. Bodejo must also deposit his international passport and cannot travel abroad without court permission. Trial begins October 5.
Bodejo was arraigned July 9 on a 12-count charge alleging he accepted multiple cash payments — including $100,000, $200,000, $980,000, $750,000 and $500,000 — from Sa’idu Abubakar, a former Bauchi State Accountant-General now in police custody, without routing the transactions through financial institutions, in violation of Nigeria’s money laundering laws.
Bodejo has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Prosecution counsel Wahab Shittu, SAN, had opposed bail, arguing Bodejo posed a flight risk, while defence counsel Ahmed Raji, SAN, argued the charges were bailable under the Administration of Criminal Justice Act.
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