EFCC FILES FINANCIAL MISAPPROPRIATION CHARGES AGAINST UZODIMMA’S FORMER AIDE, CUBANA CHIEF PRIEST
EFCC FILES FINANCIAL MISAPPROPRIATION CHARGES AGAINST UZODIMMA’S FORMER AIDE, CUBANA CHIEF PRIEST,
Chigozie Marquis
The allegations brought against Hon. Okechukwu Paschal Cubana Chief Priest a Former Special Adviser to Imo State Governor who the Commission officially submitted petitions against him on April 4th by a prosecutor, Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN) and a team of seven other lawyers representing the Commission’s Chairman as the Court will proceed on hearing the matter on Wednesday 17 April 2024.
In Count 1, it was alleged, “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”.
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 (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”.
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”.
The court hearing happened shortly after the EFCC brought charges against the well-known cross-dresser Idris Okuneye, popularly referred to as Bobrisky, for comparable offenses and handed down a six-month jail term.