Labour Party Campaign DG Doyin Okupe Bags 2 Years Imprisonment

The Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja has passed its verdict on the Director-General of the Labour party presidential campaign council, Doyin Okupe, saying he will spend two years in prison on 26 count-charge bordering on money laundering.

Okupe is a former Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to the then President Goodluck Jonathan,

It was reported that Okupe and others were prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on charges bordering on alleged money laundering and criminal breach of trust to the tune of N702million.

He was arraigned before Ijeoma Ojukwu, presiding judge, alongside two companies – Value Trust Investment Ltd and Abrahams Telecoms Ltd.

On Monday, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu agreed with the prosecution that he diverted public funds through the Office of the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki totalling about N240m.

The court found that rather than receiving funds through cheques, he kept receiving more than 5 million in cash contrary to the money laundering act.