Fmr. Presidential aide, Doyin Okupe, jailed for money laundering of N702m meant to fight Boko Haram.
By Naomisophyblog
A federal high court in Abuja has convicted Doyin Okupe, a former presidential aide and director-general of the Peter Obi presidential campaign, for breaching the money laundering act.
The EFCC had arraigned Okupe in 2019 on a 59-count charge bordering on alleged money laundering and diversion of funds to the tune of N702 million.
He was arraigned before Ijeoma Ojukwu, the presiding judge, alongside two companies – Value Trust Investment Ltd and Abrahams Telecoms Ltd. Okupe was said to have received cash from the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) while Sambo Dasuki was in office.
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Delivering judgment on Monday, December 19: Ojukwu found Okupe guilty of contravening sections 16(1)&(2) of the Money Laundering Act by accepting cash payments in excess of the threshold allowed under the act without going through a financial institution.
