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Social media socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly called ‘Cubana Chief Priest’ has bragged that he is not a small person, adding that ‘money na water’ after meeting up with his 10m bail condition.
He broke his silence in an Instagram post shortly after perfecting his N10 million bail condition with two sureties in like sum.
“Seeing all your messages and love. I’m so humbled. Now it’s confirmed CP (Cubana Priest) is not small. Money na water (sic),” he wrote.
Cubana had earlier been arraigned before a Federal High Court in Lagos where he was granted bail after pleading not guilty to the three count charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commissionm, EFCC.
The celebrity barman pleaded not guilty to tampering and abusing the naira during his trial.
He was arraigned before Justice Kehinde Ogundare on three counts bordering on abuse of naira by allegedly spraying and tampering with the nation’s currency at a social event, contrary to the provisions of the Central Bank Act of 2007.
He also was alleged to have sprayed the naira on February 13, 2024, at Eko Hotel.
Additionally, Cubana Chief Priest was said to have committed the offences while dancing during a social event.
He was also reported to have tampered with funds in the denomination of N500 notes issued by the CBN by spraying the same for two hours.
In the charge marked FHC/L/ 246/2024, the EFCC alleged that sometime in 2020, during a social event in Lagos, Cubana Chief Priest tampered with funds in the denomination of N500 issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria, by spraying the same for two hours.
The counts against the Instagram celebrity read: “that you, Okechukwu Pascal on 13th Feb. 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) 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.
“That you Okechukwu Pascal 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.
“That you Okechukwu Pascal 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.”
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