Naira Abuse: Videos of Cubana Chief Priest Spraying Bundles of Money Trend As EFCC Prepares To Arraign Him
News Direct had earlier reported that the controversial bar man was arrested on Tuesday evening for abusing the Naira. His arrest came after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it was investigating several celebrities suspected of...
Multiple video clips where Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana chief priest, was seen abusing the Nigerian currency (Naira) have surfaced online after his arrest on Tuesday evening.
News Direct had earlier reported that the controversial bar man was arrested on Tuesday evening for abusing the Naira.
His arrest came after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it was investigating several celebrities suspected of involvement in Naira abuse.
According to reports, the EFCC will arraign Cubana Chief Priest on a three-count charge of allegedly spraying and tampering with the Naira notes at a social event contrary to the provisions of the Central Bank Act of 2007.
Since the news of his arrest, multiple videos of the socialite abusing the Naira have continued to make rounds on social media;
In the charge filed on April 4 by the EFFC’s prosecutor, Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN), and seven other lawyers representing the executive chairman of the anti-graft Commission, it was alleged that Okechukwu Pasca on February 13, 2024, at Eko Hotel, within the jurisdiction of the court, while dancing during a social event, tampered with funds in the denomination of N500 (Five Hundred Naira) notes issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria by spraying same for two hours, and thereby committed an offence, contrary to and punishable under Section 21(1) of the Central Bank Act 2007.
In count 2, it was alleged “that you, Okechukwu Pasca, sometime in 2020, in Lagos during a social event, tampered with funds in the denomination of N500 (Five Hundred Naira) issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria by spraying same for two hours, and you thereby committed an offence, contrary to and punishable under Section 21(1) of the Central Bank Act 2007.”
In count 3, it was alleged: “that you, Okechukwu Pasca, sometime in January 2024, in Lagos during a social event, tampered with funds in the denomination of N500 (Five Hundred Naira) issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria by spraying same and you thereby committed an offence, contrary to and punishable under Section 21(1) of the Central Bank Act 2007.”
His arrest comes after the anti-graft agency secured the conviction of a popular cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, also known as Bobrisky, on similar charges for which he was sentenced to six months imprisonment.
