The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to arraign the National President of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, Abdullahi Bello Bodejo, before a Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged terrorism financing and money laundering involving $2.53 million.

In a statement issued by the EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, the anti-graft agency revealed that it has filed a 12-count charge against Bodejo on June 22, 2026. He is accused of receiving and possessing large sums of foreign currency suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activities.

The charges allege that Bodejo received multiple cash payments — ranging from $100,000 to $980,000 — from Sa’idu Abubakar, a former Accountant General of Bauchi State, without routing the transactions through any financial institution as required by law.

The EFCC further claims that portions of the funds were proceeds of unlawful activities, thereby violating Nigeria’s money laundering statutes. The case also involves allegations of terrorism financing.

Bodejo, who has been linked to Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed, is expected to be formally arraigned in the coming days to take his plea as court proceedings commence.

The alleged offences are punishable under the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011, and the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022. The EFCC stated that further proceedings will follow once an arraignment date is fixed by the court.

A former British Airways pilot has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison after admitting to raping a 12-year-old girl he groomed on social media and drove nearly 200 miles to meet.

Kwame Yeboah, 30, from Reading, pleaded guilty at Liverpool Crown Court to three counts of rape and one count of sexual assault of a child under 13. The court heard that the Ghana-born pilot initially met the victim on the online chat platform Omegle before continuing to groom her via Instagram.

Prosecutors described Yeboah as a dangerous predator who travelled in his Mercedes from Reading to the Wirral in Merseyside, covering over 200 miles, with the intention of sexually abusing the schoolgirl. He raped her twice in his car after arranging the meeting.

Yeboah was sentenced to eight years and four months in custody, with an additional year on extended licence upon release. He has also been placed on the sex offenders register for life, given a 15-year restraining order, and was dismissed by British Airways following his arrest.

The case has highlighted ongoing concerns about online grooming and the exploitation of children on social media platforms. Sentencing judge described the premeditated nature of the offences as particularly serious.

This conviction comes amid broader efforts by UK authorities to tackle child sexual exploitation facilitated through the internet.

*Convicts To Forfeit Crime Proceeds to Federal Government

A High Court sitting in Sokoto State has sentenced three men, including a foreign national, to death by hanging, following their conviction on charges bothering on terrorism and arms proliferation.

Yusuf Muhammad aka SALLAU

The convicts, Yusuf Muhammad (alias Sallau), a Nigeriene, Jabbi Alhaji Yalle, and Kabiru Muhammad were apprehended on 13th June, 2025, by the Department of State Services Counter Terrorism Unit in connection with cross-border criminal activities bordering on arms trafficking and terrorism.

The case, marked SS/45c/2026, was presided over by Justice Muhammad Nuraddeen Bello of High Court No. 23, Sokoto.

Jabbi Alhaji YALLE aka DanGoronyo

Delivering judgment, Justice Bello found all three defendants guilty as charged and sentenced them to death by hanging. The court also ordered the forfeiture of all monetary exhibits recovered from the convicts to the Federal Government.

Kabiru Abubakar MARADUN”

The conviction is the latest in a series of successful prosecutions by the DSS in its sustained operations against terrorism and organised cross-border criminal networks across Nigeria”.