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Doyin Okupe, the Director-General of the Peter Obi presidential campaign committee, was given a two-year prison term by an Abuja-based Federal High Court for violating the money laundering act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The presiding judge, Ijeoma Ojukwu, announced the verdict on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had filed 59 counts against Okupe, and the court found him guilty of 26 of them (EFCC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Okupe received a two-year prison term from Ojukwu for each count.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sentence, according to the court, must run consecutively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Okupe was given the choice to pay a total of N13 million in fines, or N500 000 on each count, at the judge’s discretion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Doyin Okupe, the Director-General of the Peter Obi presidential campaign committee, was given a two-year prison term by an Abuja-based Federal High Court for violating the money laundering act. The presiding judge, Ijeoma Ojukwu, announced the verdict on Monday. 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