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

Bodejo was arraigned before Justice Inyang Ekwo on a 12-count charge bordering on alleged money laundering involving cash transactions amounting to $2.33 million.

At the proceedings on Thursday, EFCC counsel, Wahab Shittu (SAN), informed the court of the 12-count charge dated June 24 and filed on June 25, 2026, urging the court to allow the defendant to take his plea. The application was granted by the court.

According to the charge, Bodejo allegedly accepted several cash payments in excess of the statutory threshold without routing the transactions through a financial institution, contrary to the provisions of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended), and the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.

One of the charges alleges that on January 11, 2022, Bodejo received $100,000 in cash from Sa'idu Abubakar, a former Accountant-General of Bauchi State who is currently in the custody of the Nigeria Police Force, without processing the transaction through a financial institution as required by law.

Another count alleges that on February 7, 2024, he similarly accepted $980,000 in cash from the same individual, an amount said to have exceeded the statutory cash transaction limit prescribed under the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.

Bodejo pleaded not guilty to all 12 counts.

Following his plea, the prosecution urged the court to fix a date for trial and remand the defendant in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service.

However, defence counsel, Ahmed Raji (SAN), applied for his client's bail, relying on a bail application filed on June 30, 2026.

The prosecution opposed the application, citing a 28-paragraph counter-affidavit filed on July 6, 2026. Shittu argued that the defendant poses a flight risk and could interfere with witnesses due to his influence. He also informed the court that the Department of State Services (DSS) had an interest in the matter.

Justice Ekwo declined to grant bail immediately and ordered that Bodejo be remanded in the EFCC's holding facility pending the determination of his bail application.

The court subsequently adjourned the matter until July 20, 2026, for a ruling on the bail application.