In a notice of appeal, Okupe is praying the appellate court to set aside the December 19, 2022 judgment by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu.
Justice Ojukwu, in the judgment convicted Okupe on counts 34 to 59 bothering on breach of the Money Laundering Act, in which he was found to have received cash payments in excess of five million naira, on each transaction, from the office of the National Security Adviser under Colonel Sambo Dasuki.
The judge proceeded to sentence Okupe, who was then the Director General of the Presidential Campaign Council of the Labour Party, to two years imprisonment.
Justice Ojukwu said the sentence of two years per count is to run concurrently. But, in the alternative, the judge gave Okupe the option of fine of five hundred thousand naira per count, totaling thirteen million naira.
