The battle to legally rein in the menace of the dreaded Fulani terrorists began on Friday, as the federal government arraigned the president of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore group, Bello Bodejo, before a Federal High Court in Abuja.
Bodejo was arraigned before Justice Inyang Ekwo on a three-count charge for allegedly establishing and supporting unlawfully, an ethnic militia group – Kungiya Zaman Lafiya.
The office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) filed a case against Bodejo, accusing him of violating the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.
However, Bodejo pleaded not guilty when the charge was read to him.
Justice Ekwo thereafter ordered that the Miyetti Allah boss be further detained in the custody of the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) and adjourned the case till May 27 for the commencement of trial.
