BREAKING: Court finds Doyin Okupe guilty of N240m money laundering charges

DG of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign, Doyin Okupe has ben found guilty of N240m money laundering charges

Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, on Monday, found him guilty of receiving over N200 million cash from former National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Sambo Dasuki.

According to Justice Ojukwu, Okupe violated the Money Laundering Act.

While stating that the Act provides that no individual or organization shall receive any sum above N5 million and N10 million respectively without passing through a financial institution, the judge held that “there is no evidence 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 the money laundering.

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