The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a 12-count charge against Bello Abdullahi Bodejo before a Federal High Court in Abuja, accusing him of alleged terrorism financing and money laundering involving a total of $2.53 million.
According to court documents filed on June 22, 2026, the anti-graft agency alleges that Bodejo received and possessed large sums of foreign currency suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activities, in violation of provisions of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011, and the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.
In a statement released by the EFCC, Bodejo, who has been linked to Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, is expected to be arraigned before the court in the coming days, where he will enter a plea to the charges.
In the first count, the EFCC alleged that Bodejo received $100,000 in cash from Sa’idu Abubakar, a former Accountant-General of Bauchi State currently in police custody, on January 11, 2022, without routing the transaction through a financial institution as required by law.
The commission further alleged in count two that he accepted another $200,000 in physical cash from the same source on January 21, 2022, in a transaction that exceeded the statutory cash transaction threshold prescribed by anti-money laundering laws.
