LP Chieftain Pays N13m Conviction Fine To Escape Jail Term

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Mr Doyin Okupe, the  former Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Media to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has on December 19, 2022 evening, paid a whooping sum of N13 million for the 52-year jail term he earned for N240 million money laundering offence.

Earlier, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, in her judgment, found the Labour Party Chieftain guilty in 26 out of the 59 counts preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

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Justice Ojukwu ordered that the 26 counts, which attracted 2-year jail-term each, would run concurrently, meaning, Okupe would spend two years in prison.

The judge who also gave an option of N500,000 fine in each of the counts which amounted to N13 million, said it must be paid before 4:30pm, the close of work same day.

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She requested that if Okupe could not meet the option of fine within the time frame, he should be taken to Kuje Correctional Centre to serve his prison term.

However, a check at the court at about 6pm showed that Okupe, who doubled as the Director General of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, had paid the money.