Court Convicts Doyin Okupe for Money Laundering

Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, on Monday, found the spokesperson of the Obi-Datti Presidential campaign, Doyin Okupe guilty of receiving over N200 million cash from former National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Sambo Dasuki.

In a ruling handed down, Justice Ojukwu ruled that Okupe’s actions, as the first defendant in the matter filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), violated the Money Laundering Act.

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While saying that the Act specifies that no individual or organization should acquire any sum beyond N5 million and N10 million respectively without passing via a financial institution, the judge found that “there is no proof that the money passed through a financial institution”.

According to Justice Ojukwu, the NSA was not a financial institution, adding that even if the President was said to have authorized the funds, he did not say that the money must be paid in cash in violation of money laundering.

Consequently the court held, “I find the first defendant, Dr Doyin Okupe guilty in count 34, 35, 36…… 59.”