Federal High Court, Abuja has discharged the President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Kore, Bello Bodejo, from alleged terrorism charges filed against him by Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF.
Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a short ruling, discharged Bodejo after counsel for the AGF, Aderonke Imana, moved an oral application for withdrawal of the three-count charge.
When hearing commenced, Imana informed the court that she had an oral application, pursuant to Section 108 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, ACJA, 2015.
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She said the request was further predicated on the power of the AGF under Section 174 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).
Mana however noted that the Attorney-General of the Federation instructed her to withdraw the charge against the defendant in the interest of justice.
Bodejo’s lawyers, led by Ahmed Raji, SAN, did not oppose the application.
Bodejo who was accused of unlawfully establishing an ethnic militia group,
Kungiya Zaman Lafiya to promote terrorism has been in the custody of the Defence Intelligence Agency, DIA in Abuja.
He was arraigned in March on a three-count charge filed by the AGF in which he was accused of violating the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022, but however denied the charges.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
