The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the leader of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo, before Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja over an alleged $2.33 million money laundering scheme.

Bodejo was arraigned on a 12-count charge bordering on alleged money laundering involving $2.33 million.

At the proceedings, the prosecution counsel, Wahab Shittu, drew the court’s attention to the 12-count charge, dated June 24, 2026, and filed on June 25, 2026. He urged the court to allow the defendant to take his plea, a request that Justice Ekwo granted.

Bodejo pleaded not guilty to all the charges.

Following the plea, Shittu asked the court to fix a trial date and remand the defendant in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service.

Counsel for the defence, Ahmed Raji, however, urged the court to grant his client bail based on an application filed on June 30, 2026.

The prosecution opposed the application, drawing the court’s attention to its counter-affidavit. Shittu argued that the defendant posed a flight risk, noting that the Department of State Services (DSS) was looking for him. He also contended that Bodejo’s influence could enable him to interfere with witnesses and obstruct the course of justice.

Justice Ekwo subsequently ordered that Bodejo be remanded in the EFCC’s holding facility and adjourned the matter until July 20 for a ruling on the bail application.

Count one of the charge reads: “That you, Bello Abdullahi Bodejo (male, adult), on or about the 11th day of January 2022, at Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did knowingly and wilfully, without lawful authority or excuse, accept a cash payment of the sum of One Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (USD $100,000.00) in physical currency from one Sa’idu Abubakar, a former Accountant-General of Bauchi State who is currently in the lawful custody of the Nigeria Police Force, which sum exceeded the statutory cash transaction threshold of Five Million Naira (N5,000,000.00), prescribed under Section 1(a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended), without routing the said transaction through a financial institution as required by law, and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 16(1)(d) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended) and punishable under Section 16(2)(b) of the same Act.”

Count four reads: “That you, Bello Abdullahi Bodejo (male, adult), on or about the 7th day of February 2024, at Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did knowingly and wilfully, 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, a former Accountant-General of Bauchi State, who is currently in the lawful custody of the Nigeria Police Force, which sum exceeded the statutory cash transaction threshold of Five Million Naira (N5,000,000.00) prescribed under Section 2(1)(a) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022, without routing the said transaction through a financial institution as required by law, and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 19(1)(d) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022 and punishable under Section 19(2)(b) of the same Act.”