A Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted former Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Media to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Doyin Okupe, for alleged breach Money Laundering Act.

Okupe is the Director General of Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the Labour Party (LP).

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

The former presidential Aide was said to have received hundreds of millions in cash from the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) while Col. Sambo Dasuki (retired) was in office.

Justice Ojukwu stood down proceedings till 1:45pm for Okupe to exercise his right under Section 310 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) to call witnesses to testify about his character, before the court could proceed to pronounce its final sentence.

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