Just In: Cubana Chiefpriest Granted N10M Bail 

Justice Kehinde Ogundare of the Federal High Court in Lagos State, on Wednesday, issued Pascal Okechukwu aka Cubana Chief Priest, N10m bail with two sureties in like sum.

Just In: Cubana Chiefpriest Granted N10M Bail

The celebrity barman had earlier pleaded not guilty to tampering and abusing the naira and tampering with the nation’s currency at a social event, contrary to the provisions of the Central Bank Act of 2007.

He was alleged to have sprayed the naira at an event on February 13, 2024, at Eko Hotel.

In the charge marked FHC/L/ 246/2024, EFCC claimed 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.

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 (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.”