Court sentences Peter Obi’s Campaign DG
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday sentenced Doyin Okupe, the Director-General (DG) of the Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), for money laundering.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned Okupe in 2019 on a 59-count charge bordering on alleged money laundering and diversion of N702 million.
The former presidential aide 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.
Justice Ojuwku in a judgment held that the action of Okupe, who is the first defendant in the suit filed by the EFCC violated the Money Laundering Act.
Shortly after his conviction, his lawyer, Francis Oronsaye, pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy on the grounds that the defendant was a first-time offender, a family man who is also advanced in age and battling health challenges.
