EFCC Charges Miyetti Allah Leader Bodejo Over Alleged $2.53m Money Laundering

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has filed a 12-count money laundering charge against Bello Bodejo, a leader of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, over $2.53 million he allegedly received from the Bauchi State Government.

Premium Times and Channels TV reported that the charge was filed on Monday, June 22, 2026, before the Federal High Court in Abuja.

EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, said in a statement that Bodejo is expected to take his plea before the court in the coming days as the commission begins formal proceedings.

According to the commission, Bodejo received and possessed large sums of cash in foreign currency linked to proceeds of unlawful activities, in alleged breach of money laundering laws.

The first count alleged that on 11 January 2022, Bodejo accepted $100,000 in physical currency from Sa’idu Abubakar, a former Accountant-General of Bauchi State, without routing the transaction through a financial institution.

A second count alleged that Bodejo accepted another $200,000 from the same source on 21 January 2022, while other counts alleged that he received $500,000 on 20 March 2024 and $980,000 on 7 February 2024.

Channels TV reported that the EFCC’s case accuses Bodejo of receiving and possessing large sums of foreign currency linked to proceeds of unlawful activities under the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2011.

Premium Times reported that the charges linked Bodejo to Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed and are connected to an ongoing money laundering and terrorism financing case involving some Bauchi State Government officials.

The newspaper said Bauchi State Commissioner for Finance, Yakubu Adamu, is being prosecuted alongside three civil servants in a related case before the same Federal High Court in Abuja.

Premium Times also reported that Bauchi State Government records reviewed by the newspaper showed that $2.33 million was disbursed in cash to Bodejo in four tranches across four months, between 2023 and 2024.

The report said Bodejo had spent about six months cumulatively in detention in 2024 and briefly faced terrorism charges before the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation withdrew the case without giving reasons.

All the alleged offences are punishable under the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011, and the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.

Sources: Premium Times; Channels TV