The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday closed its case in the alleged N702 million fraud case against Doyin Okupe, the former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on media. The anti-graft agency had slammed a 59-count charge, bordering on money laundering, criminal diversion of funds against Okupe, who denied all the charges preferred against him. The witness said he made other payments to Okupe as directed, saying that at a point, he was instructed to pay the defendant the sum of N6 million. He told the court that he only obeyed directives in all the payments he made to Okupe and didn’t know what the monies were meant for. When asked if there were evidence of the payments, the witness told the court that he usually provided Okupe with the payment vouchers, which he usually signed.

Source: Nigerian Tribune June 26, 2019 18:07 UTC