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VIDEO: Doyin Okupe sentenced to two years in prison for money laundering
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Sub-editorDoyin Okupe, the former aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, has been sentenced to two years in prison for money laundering.
Okupe is the Director-General of the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi. He was found guilty of receiving over N200 million cash from former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki.
Delivering the judgement, Justice Ijeoma Ojuwku of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court held that the action of Okupe, who is the first defendant in the suit filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) violated the Money Laundering Act.
Justice Ojukwu sentenced him to two years imprisonment on count 34 with an option of a fine of N500,000.
The court also sentenced him to two years imprisonment on counts 35 to 59 with an option fine of N500,000. The option of fine is to run consecutively on each count while the sentence is to run concurrently. The sentence to run from the day of delivering the judgment.
The judge also gave Okupe till 4:30 pm before being taken into custody.