Our reporter/ The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will on Wednesday arraign social media celebrity, Pascal Okechukwu, aka Cubana Chief Priest for allegedly abusing the naira at a social event contrary to the provisions of the Central Bank Act of 2007.
Cubana Chief Priest will be arraigned before Justice Kehinde Ogundare of the Federal High Court, Lagos.
A copy of the charge which was filed on April 4th by EFFC’s prosecutor Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN) alongside seven other lawyers representing the chairman of the Commission.
Count 1, it was alleged that 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”.
Count 2 alleged that 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”.
Count 3 alleged 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”.
The development is coming on the heels of the recent arraignment and subsequent jailing of controversial cross-dresser Idris Okuneye also known as Bobrisky on similar charges for which he was sentenced to a six-month jail term without the option of a fine.
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