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economic and financial crimes commission
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efcc has admitted that the Department of
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State Services DSS acted an error due to
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its fault of not revoking a 2016 watch
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list request on former presidential aide
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Dakota Bell Jonathan on public affairs
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DSS had on Thursday arrested doyno Coupe
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and handed him over to efcc
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according to DSS spokesperson Peter
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ifunanya doyon okupe was intercepted at
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Terminal 1 at the Murtala International
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Airport at the instance of the efcc
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he has long been handed over to the
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commison which requested for the action
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okupe was built to fly to London via
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Virgin Atlantic ifunanya said
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reacting ESC said DSS acted on its 2016
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July 18 watchlist request on Doyle Coupe
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which the court has ruled on
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the Department of State Services DSS
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today January 12 informed the commission
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of the interception of Dr Doyle kupe
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former presidential advisor at the
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Murtala Muhammad International Airport
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the service acted on a watch list
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request issued on July 18 2016 over six
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years before his recent conviction on
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money laundering charges by the federal
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the commission was in the process of
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formally lifting the watch list before
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his interception and will expedite
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action in this regard ESC statement
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it would be recalled that on Monday
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December 19 a federal High Court sitting
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in Abuja discharged and found DOI and
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okupay not guilty of all criminal
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charges of money laundering filed
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against him in count 1-33 by the efcc
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the court only asked DOI and okupe to
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pay 13 million naira fine or two years
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jail term for receiving said operational
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expenses and physical cash from federal
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government via the office of the then
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National Security adviser Colonel
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the court presided by Justice Joma ojuku
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ruled that doyana Coupe accepting cash
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payments of 10 million naira that were
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above the statutory threshold of 5
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million without passing through
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financial institution was against the
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okupe was asked to pay 500 000 Nair each
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is fine on counts 34-59 before the court
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closed for the day and failure to do so
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he would be taken to cuya prison for two
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doy and okupe paid the fine before he
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was subsequently released or allowed to
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go home from the court
