ALLEGED S2.33M FRAUD: COURT APPROVES N2BN BAIL FOR MIYETTI ALLAH PRESIDENT BODEJO
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By:Tajudeen Aminat
Justice I. E. Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Maitama, Abuja, has granted bail to the President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo, in the sum of ₦2 billion over his ongoing alleged $2.33 million money laundering trial.
Delivering the ruling on Monday, Justice Ekwo ordered that Bodejo must provide two sureties in like sum. He stipulated that both sureties must be responsible individuals, with at least one owning landed property within the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC).
The judge further directed that one of the sureties must submit tax clearance certificates for the 2023, 2024 and 2025 assessment years.
Justice Ekwo also ordered the court’s Registrar to verify all documents and particulars provided by the sureties before the bail conditions can be deemed fulfilled.
As part of the bail conditions, the court directed Bodejo to surrender his international passport. The Registrar was instructed to notify the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) of the passport’s seizure, while the defendant was barred from travelling outside Nigeria or beyond the court’s jurisdiction without prior approval.
The case was subsequently adjourned to October 5, 6 and 7, 2026, for the continuation of trial.
Bodejo was first arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on July 9, 2026, on a 12-count charge bordering on alleged money laundering involving $2.33 million.
According to the EFCC, one of the charges alleges that Bodejo, on or about January 11, 2022, knowingly accepted $100,000 in cash from Sa’idu Abubakar, a former Accountant-General of Bauchi State, without processing the transaction through a financial institution as required by the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended).
The anti-graft agency contends that the cash transaction exceeded the statutory threshold permitted by law and therefore constituted an offence punishable under the provisions of the Act.
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