The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to arraign businessman and socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, before the Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, over allegations of abusing the Naira currency.
Cubana Chief Priest will appear before Justice Kehinde Ogundare on a three-count charge of allegedly spraying and tampering with Naira notes at a social event, contravening the provisions of the Central Bank Act of 2007.
According to the charge filed on April 4 by EFCC prosecutor, Senior Advocate of Nigeria Rotimi Oyedepo, and seven other lawyers representing the executive chairman of the anti-graft Commission, it was alleged that Okechukwu Pascal, on February 13, 2024, at Eko Hotel, within the court’s jurisdiction, tampered with N500 notes issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria by spraying them for two hours, which constitutes an offense punishable under Section 21(1) of the Central Bank Act 2007.
In count 2, it was alleged that Okechukwu Pascal, sometime in 2020, in Lagos during a social event, tampered with funds in N500 denominations issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria by spraying them for two hours, contravening Section 21(1) of the Central Bank Act 2007.
In Count 3, it was alleged that Okechukwu Pascal, sometime in January 2024, in Lagos during a social event, tampered with funds in N500 denominations issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria by spraying them, also violating Section 21(1) of the Central Bank Act 2007.
Recall that on April 5, the EFCC secured the conviction of popular cross-dresser Idris Okuneye, also known as Bobrisky, on similar charges, resulting in a six-month imprisonment sentence.
