Okupe’s fraud conviction won’t stop Peter Obi – Adeyanju, Ibegbu
The Labour Party, LP, campaign Director-General, Doyin Okupe was on Monday convicted for fraud. An Abuja Federal High Court sentenced Okupe to two years imprisonment for breaching the money laundering act. Okupe was found guilty of 26 out of the 59 count charges preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu ordered that the 26 counts, which attracted 2-year jail terms each, would run concurrently. Ojukwu, however, gave an option of N500, 000 fine in each of the counts, amounting to N13 million. She ruled that Okupe should be taken to Kuje Correctional Centre to serve his…
