The Federal Government (FG) has arraigned leader of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore group, Bello Bodejo, before a Federal High Court in Abuja for allegedly raising and supporting an ethnic militia group – Kungiya Zaman Lafiya, deemed unlawful.
Bodejo was arraigned on Friday on a three-count charge filed by the office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), which accused him of violating the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022 but he pleaded not guilty to all of them.
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However, Justice Inyang Ekwo has ordered that Bodejo be further detained in the custody of the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) and subsequently adjourned the matter till May 27 for the commencement of trial.
