Mr. Obi Iyiegbu nicknamed Obi Cubana, chairman of the Cubana Group of Companies, paid a visit to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency’s offices yesterday (NDLEA).
Obi Cubana stayed in the NDLEA’s offices for nearly four hours. When asked why he arrived, all of the officials remained silent.
The hotel entrepreneur was alleged to have come to the NDLEA about 9 a.m. on the basis of an invitation regarding some foreign transactions involving payments and transfers of large amounts of foreign currency that required clarifications but was allowed to go around 1.30 p.m.
A source disclosed that for the NDLEA to invite such a notable businessman and ‘interact’ with him for long there may be a likelihood of certain allegations.
On the report that the invite may not be unconnected to suspicion of financial dealings with some convicted drug dealers in the past, the source said, he doesn’t know.
There are reports that suspicious payments were made into Cubana’s account by three convicted drug dealers from Malaysia, Nigeria, and India and this may be some of the reasons behind his invitation.
The report claimed that some payments paid into Cubana’s account were traced to accounts of persons convicted in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia while the third one was convicted in New Delhi, India.
