Mr Doyin Okupe, former Senior Special Assistant on Media to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has been sentenced to two years imprisonment under the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday.
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, in a judgment, found Okupe guilty in 26 out of the 59 counts preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the money laundering offence.Justice Ojukwu ordered that the 26 counts, which attracted two-year jail-term each, would run concurrently.
Okupe was found guilty of contravening Sections 16(1)&(2) of the Money Laundering Act, for accepting cash payments without going through financial institution, in excess of the threshold allowed under the Act. 
Justice Ojukwu further gave an option of N500, 000 in each of the counts, amounting to N13 million, which must be paid before 4:30pm today.The wife and son had pleaded for leniency after Okupe was convicted alongside former Governor of old Anambra, Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife, and former National Orientation Agency (NOA), Dr Idi Farouk, who also urged the court to temper justice with mercy in Okupe’s sentencing.
