By Suleiman Anyalewechi
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday, July 20, 2026, granted the National President of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, MACBAN, Bello Bodejo, bail to the tune of N2 billion, with one surety in like sum.
Ruling on the bail application filed by the legal team of the Miyetti Allah National Leader, presiding Judge, Honourable Justice Inyang Ekwo, also ordered that the surety who must be a property owner in the FCT, must provide evidence of a three-year tax clearance.
Justice Ekwo directed that all travel documents of the defendant, including international passport be deposited with the Registrar of the Court, with a directive that all trips outside the country must be sanctioned by the Court.
The Judge despite strident opposition mounted by the prosecution held that the offences alleged to have been committed by the defendant are bailable ones.
The Court subsequently adjourned to October 5, 6 ,and 7, 2026 for the commencement of hearing of the matter.
The Source reports that Bodejo who is also standing trial alongside the Bauchi State Commissioner for Finance Adamu Yakubu in a separate case, was on July 9, 2026, arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on multiple charges bordering on alleged money laundering and, terrorism financing to the tune of about $2.63 million.
The suit in which Bodejo is the sole defendant, the anti-graft agency accused him of severally engaging in physical financial transactions exceeding the approved threshold.
According to the EFCC, the defendant between 2021 and 2024 received about N2.63 million in cash from the former Accountant -General of Bauchi State, Sa’idu Abubakar, without routing the transactions through financial institutions, thereby contravening relevant Sections of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition).
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