While delivering judgement on Monday, December 19, 2022, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu held that Okupe’s action violated the Money Laundering Act.
Okupe, who is the Director-General of the Peter Obi Campaign Organisation is the first defendant in the suit filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in 2019.
The judge sentenced him to two years imprisonment on count 34 with an option of a fine of N500,000.
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