Court sentences Peter Obi’s Campaign Director-General, Doyin Okupe to 2 Years in Prison

The Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced the Director-General of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the Labour Party (LP), Doyin Okupe, to two years in prison for breaching the Money Laundering Act.

Peter Obi is the presidential candidate of the Labour Party for the 2023 election.

Earlier, the court convicted Okupe over a breach of the Money Laundering Act.

Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the High Court on Monday found Okupe guilty of contravening sections 16(1)&(2) of the Money Laundering Act.

The High Court Justice said Okupe was guilty of collecting cash payments in excess of the threshold allowed under the Act, without going through a financial institution.

According to the judge, Okupe was reported to have received hundreds of millions in cash from the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) while Col. Sambo Dasuki (retired) was in office.

However, Justice Ojukwu stood down proceedings till 1:45 pm for Okupe to exercise his right under Section 310 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA), to call witnesses to testify about his character, before the court could proceed to pronounce sentence on the convict.

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