Operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, have arrested the National President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo, shortly after he was released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, following the reported fulfilment of his bail conditions.
Bodejo was allegedly taken into custody as he left the EFCC headquarters in Abuja, where his lawyers had gone to facilitate his release after a Federal High Court granted him bail in a 12-count money laundering case.
The development has raised concerns among Bodejo’s family, particularly over the circumstances surrounding his fresh detention.
His wife, Hajiya Hauwa Bodejo, said she could not understand why her husband was taken into custody again after the bail conditions had reportedly been perfected.
According to Hauwa, DSS operatives had been stationed around the EFCC premises for several hours before Bodejo was released.
She said the EFCC contacted Bodejo’s legal team on Thursday night and directed them to come to its Abuja office on Friday, accompanied by court officials, to secure his release.
Hauwa said the lawyers were later informed that bringing court officials was unnecessary because documents confirming the perfection of the bail conditions had already been submitted.
She said members of the family subsequently went to the EFCC headquarters, where they found that Bodejo had been brought out of custody.
Hauwa alleged that while the family was preparing to leave the premises, DSS operatives approached Bodejo and took him away in three vans.
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“But to the shock of our belief, as we were leaving the EFCC premises, the officials of the DSS, whose presence we noticed around the EFCC’s gate, rushed towards my husband and suddenly whisked him away in the company of three vans,” she said.
The alleged rearrest has also raised fresh concerns about Bodejo’s health, according to his wife. Hauwa claimed that his health deteriorated during his detention and that his personal physician had repeatedly been prevented from seeing him.
She said Bodejo had spent nearly three months in detention and questioned the justification for keeping him in custody after the court granted him bail and the conditions were reportedly perfected.
The DSS had not publicly explained the reason for taking Bodejo into custody again as of the time of filing this report.
Bodejo is facing a 12-count money laundering charge brought against him by the EFCC before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja. He pleaded not guilty to the allegations.
The EFCC accused him of receiving various cash payments, including $200,000, $100,000 and $980,000, from former Bauchi State Accountant-General Sa’idu Abubakar.
The anti-graft agency alleged that the transactions contravened provisions of the Money Laundering Prevention and Prohibition Act.
On July 20, Justice Ekwo granted Bodejo bail in the sum of N2 billion, with one surety required to provide a N2 billion bond.
The court stipulated that the surety must possess a three-year tax clearance certificate and own property in Abuja valued at N2 billion.
Bodejo was also ordered to surrender his international passport and remain in Nigeria unless granted permission by the court to travel. The court fixed October 5, 6 and 7, 2026, for trial.
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