Court Jails Doyin Okupe For Two Years, Gives Him Option Of Fine

By Ayodele Oni

After listening to his plea for mitigation of his sente nce, the Federal High Court in Abuja  sentenced Doyin Okupe, Director-General of the Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Council, to two years imprisonment for a breach of the money laundering act.

He has an option to pay N13 million fine for his conviction.

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).

The Honourable Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu sentenced Okupe to two years in prison on each of the counts.

The sentences are to run concurrently. The Judge also ruled that Okupe is at liberty to pay a N500,000 fine on each of the counts, totalling N13 million.