The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a 12-count charge against the President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo, over alleged money laundering and terrorism financing offences involving approximately $2.53 million.
According to court documents filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja 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 the provisions of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011, and the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.
EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale disclosed in a statement on Wednesday that Bodejo is expected to be arraigned before the court once a hearing date is fixed.
The Commission alleged that Bodejo received several cash payments in United States dollars from a former Accountant-General of Bauchi State, Sa’idu Abubakar, without processing the transactions through any financial institution as required by law.
One of the charges stated that Bodejo allegedly accepted $100,000 in cash from Abubakar in Abuja on January 11, 2022.
The charge read: “That you, BELLO ABDULLAHI BODEJO, on or about the 11th day of January 2022, at Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did knowingly and willfully, without lawful authority or excuse, accept a payment of the sum of One Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (USD $100,000) in physical currency from one SA’IDU ABUBAKAR… without routing the said transaction through a financial institution as required by law.”
The EFCC further alleged that Bodejo received another $200,000 in cash from the same source on January 21, 2022.
In separate counts, the Commission accused him of accepting $980,000 in physical currency on February 7, 2024, and an additional $500,000 on March 20, 2024, both in Abuja.
Count four of the charge stated: “That you, BELLO ABDULLAHI BODEJO, on or about the 7th day of February 2024, at Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did knowingly and willfully, without lawful authority or excuse, accept a cash payment of the sum of Nine Hundred and Eighty Thousand United States Dollars (USD $980,000.00) in physical currency from one SA’IDU ABUBAKAR… without routing the said transaction through a financial institution as required by law.”
The anti-graft agency also alleged that Bodejo knowingly possessed funds suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activity.
According to count 10, he allegedly took possession of $980,000 on or about February 7, 2024, under circumstances in which he knew, or reasonably ought to have known, that the funds were derived from unlawful activities.
The EFCC 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.
Bodejo is expected to enter his plea when he is formally arraigned before the Federal High Court in Abuja.
