ABUJA, Nigeria – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a 12-count charge against the President of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Abdullahi Bodejo, over allegations of terrorism financing and money laundering involving about $2.53 million.
According to the anti-graft agency, Bodejo allegedly received multiple cash payments in foreign currency from a former Bauchi State Accountant-General, Sa’idu Abubakar, without routing the transactions through financial institutions as required by law. The EFCC claims the funds are suspected proceeds of unlawful activities and therefore violate Nigeria’s money laundering laws.
The Commission said the charges include allegations that Bodejo accepted cash payments ranging from $100,000 to $980,000 on different occasions between 2022 and 2024. Investigators further allege that he possessed funds he knew, or reasonably ought to have known, were proceeds of unlawful activities.
EFCC spokesman Dele Oyewale disclosed that the charges were filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja on June 22, 2026, and that Bodejo is expected to be arraigned once the court fixes a date for his plea. The alleged offences are said to be punishable under the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011, and the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.
The case is expected to draw significant public attention given Bodejo’s position as leader of Miyetti Allah and the gravity of the terrorism financing allegations.
