Court Convicts Okupe For Allegedly Breaching Money Laundering Act

On Monday, a federal high court in Abuja convicted Doyin Okupe, the Director General of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the Labour Party (LP), for allegedly breaching the Money Laundering Act.

Okupe was accused of receiving hundreds of millions in cash from the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) while Col. Sambo Dasuki (retired) was in office, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu stated that Okupe is guilty of contravening sections 16(1)&(2) of the Money Laundering Act, by accepting cash payments without going through a financial institution, in excess of the threshold allowed under the Act.

Ojukwu. however, 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 his sentence.