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Wife, son beg for mercy as court convicts Okupe over N240m fraud

December 19, 2022December 19, 2022 admin

Wife and son of Mr Doyin Okupe, former Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Media to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. Doyin Okupe, on Monday, begged a Federal High Court, Abuja to tamper justice with mercy on his sentencing. Omolola and Adesunkanmi Okupe spoke as witnesses shortly after the court reconvened following the defendant’s conviction. The court, presided over by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, had convicted Okupe for breaching the Money Laundering Act. Justice Ojukwu, in a judgment, held that Okupe was found guilty of contravening Sections 16(1)&(2) of the Money Laundering Act, for…

Alleged N400m fraud: Court okays arraignment of ex-PDP Spokesman, Olisa Metuh

September 28, 2021September 28, 2021 admin

The Federal High Court, Abuja on Tuesday fixed Oct. 14, 2021 for the arraignment of former National Publicity Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, over alleged N400 million fraud.The date was fixed following the absence of the new trial Judge, Obiora Egwuatu, in court.At the court, all the parties in the matter, including Mr Metuh, were in court. But Metuh’s retrial could not proceed because of the judge’s absence.Recall that the Court of Appeal, Abuja on Dec. 16, 2020, nullified a Federal High Court judgement that convicted and…