A federal high court in Abuja has remanded Bello Bodejo, president of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over an alleged $2.63 million money laundering case.
Inyang Ekwo, presiding judge, on Thursday, ordered that Bodejo remain in the anti-graft agency’s custody pending the determination of his bail application.
The judge adjourned the matter to July 20 for ruling on the bail request.
Bodejo was arraigned on charges bordering on alleged money laundering and pleaded not guilty to all counts.
Following the arraignment, Wahab Shittu, counsel to the EFCC, asked the court to fix a date for trial and remand the defendant.
Ahmed Raji, counsel to Bodejo, informed the court that a bail application had already been filed and urged the court to hear it.
Moving the application, Raji said the motion, filed on June
