At press time on Sunday, arrested Nigerian Instagram celebrity, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, was still in the custody Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Sources disclosed that Okechukwu was arrested by the anti-graft body’s operatives at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, last Wednesday.
According to the sources, who asked not to be named because they did not have permission to speak publicly on the matter, Okechukwu was arrested at the airport on his way to Owerri, the Imo State capital.
“We have a popular Instagram socialite in our custody in Abuja. He is known as Cubana Chief Priest. He was arrested on Wednesday, in Abuja on his way to Owerri,” one of the sources told journalists
EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, could not be reached on Sunday.
He did not immediately respond to several calls and text messages sent to his known phone as of press time.
Though unsubstantiated, it was gathered that Okechukwu was arrested by the Commission for alleged money laundering and fraud.