EFCC To Arraign Cubana Chief Priest Over Naira Mutilation Wednesday

Billionaire businessman and socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, will on Wednesday, April 17 be arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before the Federal High Court in Lagos, over allegations of naira mutilation.

CityMirrorNews reports that Cubana Chief Priest will be arraigned before Justice Kehinde Ogundare 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.

According to the charge filed on April 4 by the EFCC’s prosecutor, Rotimi Oyedepo SAN, and seven other lawyers representing the Chairman of the anti-graft commission, alleged that “Okechukwu Pascal on February 13, 2024, at Eko Hotel, within the jurisdiction of the court.

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It was said that the businessman was dancing during a social event, tampered with funds in the denomination of N500 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 Pascal sometime in 2020, in Lagos during a social event, tampered with funds in the denomination of N500 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 Pascal sometime in January 2024, in Lagos during a social event, tampered with funds in the denomination of N500 issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria by spraying the same and you thereby committed an offence, contrary to and punishable under Section 21(1) of the Central Bank Act 2007.”

It would be recalled that the EFCC, on April 5, secured the conviction of popular transgender Idris Okuneye, also known as Bobrisky, on similar charges for which he was sentenced to six months imprisonment.