Dr Doyin Okupe, the Director-General of the Peter Obi Campaign Organization, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment for receiving over N200 million cash from former National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Sambo Dasuki.
According to Channels Television, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, of the Federal High Court, Abuja, while delivering judgement on Monday, held that the action of Okupe, violated the Money Laundering Act.
Okupe was found guilty on counts 34 to 59 of the charges filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The court sentenced Okupe, to two years imprisonment on count 34 with an option of a fine of N500,000.
Channels Television reports that the court also sentenced him to two years imprisonment on counts 35 to 59 with an option fine of N500,000.
The option of fine is to run consecutively on each count while the sentence is to run concurrently. The sentence is to run from the day of delivering the judgment.
The court noted that it refrains from making any custodial order, but the convict is the property of the State.
The judge also gave Okupe till 4:30 pm before being taken into custody.
