Bodejo, who was arrested on Jan. 23 in Malia, Nasarawa State and kept in the custody of the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), was arraigned before Justice Ekwo on March 22.
3rd April 2024 01:50 PM 
The detained President, Miyetti Allah, Bello Bodejo, told a Federal High Court in Abuja that he had no criminal record.
Bodejo, who was arrested on the alleged raising up of an armed militia in detriment of the nation’s unity, told Justice Inyang Ekwo in a motion for bail filed by his lawyer, Ahmed Raji, SAN.
Giving nine grounds why he should be granted bail, the detained Miyetti Allah president said the offences with which he was charged were bailable ones.
“The defendant/applicant has no criminal record whatsoever,” he said.
According to him, his reputation attests not only to his reliability and credibility and also to the fact that he will not jump bail if this application Is granted.
He said he had “suffered from grave ill-health; an exceptional circumstance for the grant of bail.”
Bodejo argued that by Section 36 (5) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), he is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Besides, he said the charge preferred against him did not disclose a prima facie case against him.
In the motion with charge number: FHC/ABJ/CR/141/2024 date and filed March 28, he sought an order admitting him to bail on liberal terms pending the hearing and determination of the case against him.
