Court convicts Okupe for breaching money laundering Act

A Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted former Senior Special Assistant on Media to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe, for breaching the Money Laundering Act.

Okupe is also the Director-General of Presidential Campaign Council of the Labour Party.

In a judgment on Monday, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu 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.

Details later…

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