Court convicts Obi’s campaign DG, Doyin Okupe

A Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted Doyin Okupe, the Director-General of the Presidential Campaign Council of the Labour Party, and Peter Obi.

The former Senior Special Assistant on Media to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan was found guilty of breaching the Money Laundering Act.

Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, in his judgment on Monday, found Okupe guilty of contravening sections 16(1)&(2) of the Money Laundering Act, for accepting cash payments without going through the financial institution, in excess of the threshold allowed under the Act.