The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a 12-count money laundering charge against Bello Bodejo, accusing him of unlawfully receiving and possessing about $2.53 million allegedly disbursed by the Bauchi State Government.
The charges were filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja and are linked to ongoing investigations into suspected money laundering and terrorism financing.
According to the EFCC, Bodejo allegedly received several large cash payments from former Bauchi State Accountant-General Sa’idu Abubakar without routing the transactions through financial institutions as required by law. Prosecutors claim the payments, made between 2022 and 2024, included sums ranging from $100,000 to $980,000.
The case is connected to an earlier prosecution involving Bauchi State officials, whom the EFCC accused of releasing millions of dollars in public funds to Bodejo and others under circumstances the agency considers suspicious. Bodejo is expected to be arraigned before the court in the coming days.
