BREAKING: Court Convicts Doyin Okupe Of Money Laundering
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A federal high court in Abuja has convicted Doyin Okupe, director-general of the Peter Obi presidential campaign, for breaching the money laundering act.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (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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