Court convicts Peter Obi's campaign DG, Doyin Okupe, gives reason

Doyin Okupe has been convicted by a federal high court in Abuja over the alleged breaching of the money laundering act.

Okupe is a former senior special assistant on media to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan and director general of the presidential campaign council of the Labour Party, The Nation reported.

Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the court ruled that Okupe is guilty of contravening sections 16(1) & (2) of the money laundering act.

The judgment, which was delivered on Monday, December 19, stated that Okupe accepted cash payment in excess and evaded financial institutions, which contravened the act.

Okupe is before the court for receiving hundreds of millions in cash from the office of the former national security adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki.

The judge had stepped down the proceedings till 1:45pm on Monday to allow Okupe to exercise his right to call a witness to testify about his character before the court under Section 310 of the administration of the criminal justice act (ACJA).

The court will then proceed to announce the sentence of the conviction.