The money laundering trial of Doyin Okupe, former senior special assistant on public affairs to rx-President Goodluck Jonathan, before Justice ljeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court Abuja, has been adjourned till March 5, 2021 for continuation of trial.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned Okupe alongside his two companies: Value Trust Investments and Abrahams Telecoms on a 59-count charge bordering on money laundering and criminal diversion of funds to the tune of N702,000,000 (Seven Hundred and Two Million Naira only).
At the resumed trial on February 8, 2021, the defence presented its fourth witness, Honourable Bamidele Salami, a member of the House of Representatives, who served as head of media in the office of the then senior special assistant on public affairs to President Jonathan.
