Popular socialite and Chairman, Cubana Group, Obi Iyiegbu aka Obi Cubana has recounted his ordeal with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
Obi Cubana stated this in an interview with popular media personality, Daddy Freeze, a few days after he was grilled by the agency for alleged links with drug trafficking.
Last year, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) grilled the entrepreneur over alleged money laundering.
Obi Cubana said that while he believed the NDLEA would do a good job with its investigation, he felt “low” that the agency linked him with drugs.
On his ordeal with the agency, Obi Cubana said, “While growing in life, people must face some challenges, and I am facing mine at the moment. I was in detention for four days and three nights. I did not feel bad because I knew the agency would do a thorough job and if I was cleared, I would be allowed to go because it was not a witch hunt. However, linking me to a drug issue made me feel low. It is repulsive because it is something I had made a covenant to never support, invest in or be part of. Getting the invitation from the NDLEA got to me because it is something I have always fought against. It destroys generations, and my children could also become victims. I was told someone paid money into my account, and I believe the agency, which I feel is a responsible one, would make their findings known to the public once they are done with their investigation.”
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He also disclosed that he would not be joining partisan politics in spite of rumors claiming he was planning to.
“I have zero interest in politics. I am not interested in becoming a governor, whether now or in the future.
“I am the Governor of Cubana Empire, and that is enough for me. I have just one vote. Interestingly, my wife and I do not even discuss whom to support in elections because I feel it should be a personal decision,” he said.
He promised to be a mentor to and support the young hawker that recently went viral for donating his proceeds to prisoners inside a prison van in traffic.
“I want to meet the boy, and I want him to go to school in good condition. I would sponsor him through the university. If he wants to do study for a Master’s degree outside the country, I will make sure he is comfortable while going to school because his act of giving touched me. I would do whatever he wants for him, and by God’s grace, when he is done with school, he would get a top-level position at any of my organizations. However, if he finds a ‘higher calling’, he is free to do as he pleases. I just want him to know he now has a mentor who would guide him through this tough world,” Obi Cubana said.