The socialite, Obi Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana, was grilled by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on Thursday over alleged links to the illegal narcotic business.
Punch reported that Obi Cubana, who is the Chairman, Cubana Group of Companies, was grilled for about five hours at the Abuja headquarters of the NDLEA before being granted bail and asked to return at a future date.
Suspicious payments were made into Cubana’s account by three convicted drug dealers from Malaysia, Nigeria and India, sources revealed.
Operatives of the NDLEA and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have now widened the probe into Cubana and his business network based on the premise that he may be involved in the drug business.
“Obi Cubana arrived at the NDLEA office around 9am and responded to questions for some hours before he was granted bail at 2pm. There are suspicions that he may be a drug kingpin. Some convicted drug dealers paid funds into his account.
“We have been able to establish three of such payments. One of the persons that paid money into his account was convicted in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; another one that was convicted in New Delhi, India, also paid money into his account while a third person that was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos and convicted in 2017, also paid money into Cubana’s account,” said a source.
The socialite was allowed to go home in order to get some documents which would be presented to the NDLEA.
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, the Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State.
