ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has instituted a 12-count charge against Bello Abdullahi Bodejo, president of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore group, before a Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged terrorism financing and money laundering involving $2.53 million.
According to court documents filed on June 22, 2026, the anti-graft agency accused Bodejo of receiving and possessing large sums of foreign currency suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activities, contrary to provisions of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011, and the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.
The EFCC disclosed that Bodejo, who has been politically linked to Bala Mohammed, is expected to be arraigned before the court in the coming days to take his plea on the charges.
In the first count, the commission alleged that Bodejo received $100,000 in cash from Sa’idu Abubakar, a former Accountant-General of Bauchi State currently in police custody, on January 11, 2022, without processing the transaction through a financial institution as required by law.
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The EFCC further alleged in count two that he accepted another $200,000 in cash from the same source on January 21, 2022, in a transaction said to have exceeded the statutory cash transaction threshold stipulated under anti-money laundering regulations.
According to the charge sheet, Bodejo also allegedly received $500,000 in cash from Abubakar on March 20, 2024, an amount prosecutors contend exceeded the legal threshold for cash transactions under the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.
In count four, the anti-graft agency accused him of accepting $980,000 in cash from the former accountant-general on February 7, 2024, without routing the funds through a financial institution, an action it said contravened provisions of the 2022 anti-money laundering law.
The charges also include allegations relating to possession of suspected proceeds of crime. In count ten, the EFCC alleged that Bodejo took possession of $980,000 in Abuja on or about February 7, 2024, under circumstances where he knew, or reasonably ought to have known, that the funds represented proceeds of unlawful activity.
The commission maintained that the alleged offences are punishable under various provisions of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended), and the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.