Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, convicted former Senior Special Assistant on Media to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr Doyin Okupe, for allegedly breaching the Money Laundering Act.
Presiding Judge, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, found Okupe guilty of contravening Sections 16(1)&(2) of the Money Laundering Act and accepting cash in excess of the threshold allowed under the Act without going through a financial institution.
Okupe is currently Director General of the Presidential Campaign Council of the Labour Party.
Justice Ojukwu stood down proceedings till 1:45pm to allow Okupe to exercise his right under Section 310 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act to call witnesses to testify about his character.
The court will thereafter proceed to pronounce its sentence.
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