A chieftain of the Labour Party (LP), Doyin Okupe has been found guilty of breaching the money laundering act by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.
Okupe who is currently the Director General of Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the Labour Party (LP) was found guilty after allegedly collecting cash payments without going through financial institution, in excess of the threshold allowed under the Act.
The presiding judge, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu found Okupe guilty of contravening sections 16(1)&(2) of the Money Laundering Act.
The former Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to president Goodluck Jonathan was accused of receiving hundreds of millions in cash from the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) while Col. Sambo Dasuki (retired) was in office.
Meanwhile, Justice Ojukwu stood down proceedings till 1:45pm to enable Okupe 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 sentence.
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