Doyin Okupe Sentenced To Two Years In Prison For Money Laundering

The Director-General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Doyin Okupe, has been sentenced to two and half years for breaching the Money Laundering Act.

TalkGlitz had earlier reported that a federal high court in Abujaconvictedhim.

In a judgment delivered on Monday, Okupe was found guilty of 26 out of a 59-count charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Ijeoma Ojukwu, the presiding judge, sentenced Okupe to two years in prison on each of the counts.

However, the sentence is to run concurrently.

Additionally, the judge said the convict is at liberty to pay an N500,000 fine on each of the counts — totalling N13 million.

The judge, however, found the defendants not guilty on counts one to 33 on the grounds that the prosecution failed to establish the charge of money laundering, criminal breach of trust, and corruption against the NSA.

Testifying shortly after the conviction in accordance with section 310 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA), Omolola — Okupe’s wife — and Adesunkanmi — his son — begged the court to temper justice with mercy.