COURT CONVICTS DOYIN OKUPE FOR MONEY LAUNDERING
DAMILOLA LAWRENCE
The director-general of Peter Obi’s presidential campaign organisation, Doyin Okupe has been convicted of money laundering by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.
Recall that Okupe was charged with 59 counts of money laundering and diversion of funds totaling N702 million by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in 2019.
Okupe was said to have received money from the National Security Adviser’s (NSA) office while Sambo Dasuki was in office.
Delivering judgment on Monday, Ojukwu found Okupe guilty of contravening sections 16(1)&(2) of the Money Laundering Act, for accepting cash payments without going through a financial institution, in excess of the threshold allowed under the Act.
The matter has been stood down until 1:45pm to allow the convict (Okupe) to call witnesses to testify about his character, as enshrined under Section 310 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA).
The sentencing is expected to be delivered after the process must have been concluded.
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