Nigeria, June 26 -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has closed the criminal case against the former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on Media, Doyin Okupe.

Mr Okupe is charged with laundering N702 million.

This was disclosed in a statement signed by the commission's spokesperson, Tony Orilade, on Wednesday.

Mr Okupe, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was arrested by the agency on December 12, 2018, but released on administrative bail. He was later rearrested on January 11.

The commission then explained that Mr Okupe was being charged on 59-count for corruption and would be arraigned before a judge, Ijeoma Ojukwu, of the Federal High Court in Abuja.

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