Doyin Okupe, Director General, Peter Obi Campaign Organisation on Monday evening, paid N13 million for the 52-year jail term bagged for N240 million money laundering offence.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Justuce Ijeoma Ojukwu, in a judgment, had found Okupe guilty in 26 out of the 59 counts preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
A check at the court at about 6pm showed that Okupe, who is the Director General of the Presidential Campaign Council of the Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Mr Peter Obi, had paid the money.
Former Governor of old Anambra, Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife, and former National Orientation Agency, Dr Idi Farouk, had also urged the court to temper justice with mercy in Okupe’s sentencing.
The judge had, earlier, stood down proceedings for Okupe to exercise his right under Section 310 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act to call witnesses to testify about his character, before the court could proceed to pronounce sentence on the convict.
The court, presided over by Justice Ojukwu, had convicted Okupe for breaching the Money Laundering Act.
The judge held that Okupe was found guilty of contravening Sections 16(1) and of the Money Laundering Act, for accepting cash payments without going through financial institution, in excess of the threshold allowed under the Act.
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