Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Alleged N702m Fraud: Court Orders Okupe to Enter Defence

Doyin Okupe, a former Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to former President Goodluck Jonathan, has been ordered by a Federal High Court, Abuja to enter his defence in a N702million fraud charge brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Making the order on December 12, 2019, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu while ruling on a no-case submission brought before the court by the defendant, held that the EFCC had no doubt established a prima facie case against him and the two companies, Value Trust Investment and Abraham Telecoms, on all the charges brought against the…