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| Chief Obi Cubana in photographic pose. Image Credit: punchng.com |
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Thursday barbecued socialite, Obi Iyiegbu, famously known as Obi Cubana, for his supposed connection to the illicit opiate business, The NewsWay has learnt.
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Newsway reports that Iyiegbu, who is the Chairman, Cubana gathering of organizations, was barbecued for around five hours at the Abuja central command of the NDLEA before he was conceded bail and requested to return sometime not too far off.
Immaculate sources told our journalist that dubious installments were made into Cubana’s record by three indicted street pharmacists from Malaysia, Nigeria and India.
Agents of the NDLEA and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have now enlarged the test into Cubana and his business network in view of the reason that he might be engaged with the medication business.
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); “Obi Cubana showed up at the NDLEA office around 9am and reacted to inquiries for certain hours before he was conceded bail at 2pm. There are doubts that he might be a medication head honcho. A few sentenced street pharmacists paid assets into his record.
“We have had the option to build up three of such installments. One of the people that paid cash into his record was indicted in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; another that was sentenced in New Delhi, India; additionally paid cash into his record while a third individual that was captured at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos and indicted in 2017, likewise paid cash into Cubana’s record,” said a source.
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The socialite was permitted to return home to get a few records which would be introduced to the NDLEA.
Cubana who has been in the club business starting around 2006, got global features last July when he coordinated a luxurious memorial service for his mom, Ezinne Iyiegbu, in Oba, Idemili South nearby government area of Anambra State.
The occasion pulled in a few performers and famous legislators from the nation over including beset Nigerian super cop, Abba Kyari. Different performers that graced the occasion incorporate Davido, D’banj, Kcee, Poco Lee and Ubi Franklin/The list of attendees additionally had Nollywood stars and early guests like Kanayo O. Kanayo, Alex Ekubo and Williams Uchemba.
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Be that as it may, the feature of the occasion was the pompous showcase of abundance as proven by the gift of around 400 cows to Cubana just as the ‘naira downpour’.
In seemingly a bid to outperform each other, Cubana’s partners splashed him with heaps of new naira notes. In one of the recordings that became famous online, two visitors were seen having a lively money battle as they tossed wads of cash at one another, while different visitors chuckled.
In one more popular video, wads of N50, 000 are tossed at Cubana while he shuffles them like a football. The occasion turned into the most discussed party of 2021 as it moved via online media for a long time. After the burial service, Cubana kept on flaunting his abundance, posting photos of his excursions to fascinating areas on personal luxury planes.
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); As his VIP status bloomed, he was respected by a few dignitaries. In October last year, he was a visitor at the Nigerian Army Resource Center to send off a book named, ‘ Leadership Principles for Junior Commanders in the Military’ wrote by Col. Chukwu Obasi.
At the point when inquiries regarding the wellspring of his abundance started to manifest, Cubana let the BBC know that he came to Abuja for his National Youth Service Corps program in 1999 and served at the National Assembly.
He said he went into the land business where he got an agreement to outfit houses. The socialite added that he got an agreement with the Pipelines and Product Marketing Company and later wandered into the friendliness area where he has made billions of naira.
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The 46-year-old has since opened parts of Cubana club in around five states including Imo, Lagos, Rivers, Enugu and Abuja. Be that as it may, the specialists were not happy with his clarification.
Cubana, who had until now stayed under the radar, in this manner turned into a subject of examination by the Nigerian government.
In November 2021, he was kept by the EFCC for three days as a feature of examinations concerning claimed illegal tax avoidance, charge extortion and other monetary violations before he was delivered with a condition that he would keep on detailing back for addressing.
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Different partners of the socialite who have been addressed by the experts for their flashy way of life include: Pascal Okechukwu, famously known as Cubana Chief Priest; and the Chairman, Five Star Group, Emeka Okonkwo otherwise known as E-Money.
The Spokesman for the NDLEA, Mr. Femi Babafemi, wouldn’t remark when The NewsWay looked for his response on Thursday.
An associate to the socialite, Chioma Nwachukwu, in any case, would not remark on the matter when she was reached by The Newsway.
“There is no remark on the matter now,” she essentially said.
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