Court Reduces Bail Conditions for Miyetti Allah Leader Bello Bodejo
The Federal High Court in Abuja has varied some of the terms attached to the N2 billion bail earlier granted to the detained National President of Miyetti Allah Kauta Hore, Alhaji Bello Bodejo.
Bodejo is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly laundering $2.63 million.
Justice Inyang Ekwo granted him bail on July 20 in the sum of N2 billion, with two sureties in like sum.
Justice Ekwo ordered that one of the sureties must present evidence of three years’ tax clearance and reside within the court’s jurisdiction, while the second surety must own a landed property worth N2 billion in Abuja.
In a ruling on Wednesday, Justice Salim Ibrahim, sitting as a vacation judge, granted Bodejo’s application for the variation of some of the bail conditions earlier imposed.
Justice Ibrahim reduced the bail sum from N2 billion to N1 billion and ordered that Bodejo provide two sureties, one of whom must own a landed property worth N1 billion in either Guzape, Asokoro or Maitama, Abuja.
The judge added that the sureties must provide the court with photocopies of their driver’s licences, National Identification Number (NIN) slips or international passports.
He further ordered that the case file be returned to Justice Ekwo’s court for the continuation of the substantive hearing.
Bodejo was arraigned on July 9 on a six-count charge, to which he pleaded not guilty.
