Nigerian top socialite and celebrity club owner, Obi Iyiegbu, known more as Obi Cubana, says some people are working hard to destroy his name and all that he had “worked so hard to build,” but expressed joy that nobody can destroy either his name or his businesses and spirit of philanthropy build over the years.
The top businessman spoke in a Facebook Live on Friday night just as the social media platform verified his page, lamenting that many social media users were using his name for a lot of “bad” things.
He has over 1.9 million Facebook followers and over 2.5 million Instagram followers.
Obi Cubana said: “This is my only verified Facebook page. A lot of guys are using my name; Obi Cubana, Obi Iyiegbu to do a lot of bad things on Facebook. The name Obi Cubana is not associated with anything bad or evil. Please disregard, block, report.
“For me to come up to do this, you guys should know that it is really getting at me. Thank God that Facebook has verified me right now so we can interact more here. You can’t destroy what we’ve worked so hard to build over the years.”
Cubana, who has been in the nightclub business since 2006, grabbed international headlines last July when he organised a lavish funeral for his mother, Ezinne Iyiegbu, in Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State.
Suddenly, the Nigerian federal government beamed their searchlight on him, investigating his business, social and personal contacts for any form of misdemeanour or semblance of same.
In November 2021, the socialite shut down his Abuja club, Hustle & Bustle, over the death of one of his customers but reopened weeks later even as the police are probing the matter.
Also, last November, he was detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for three days as part of investigations into alleged money laundering, tax fraud and other financial crimes before he was released with a condition that he would continue to report back for questioning.
In the second week of January 2022, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency grilled Cubana for his alleged link to the illegal narcotic business before he was granted bail and asked to return at a future date.
He, however, said he was not involved in any drug deal, noting that he had made a covenant never to traffick in hard drugs.
And in all his travails in the hands of the investigators, the stories are usually leaked of encounters and the direction of investigations over his activities in life.
