Celebrity barman Pascal Okoechukwu known as Cubana Chiefpriest has been arrested and detained by the police in Lagos State.
A top police source said the investigation was a sequel to order from the Office of the Inspector-General of Police who had expressed shock over the abuse of police personnel.
He said, “We have detained Cubana Chief Priest and he is facing interrogation for misuse of police personnel as the well illegal use of a weapon and his extravagant and unexplained lifestyle.” Cubana Chief Priest is known to post pictures of himself in private jets and exotic cars to impress his 1.6 million followers on Instagram.
It was gathered that he was detained over his alleged misuse of the police escorts and weapons as well as unexplained wealth.
He is being interrogated by the Inspector-General of Police Monitoring Unit. He was still in police custody as at the time of filing this report.
His arrest comes a month after another Instagram celebrity and Chairman, Five Star Group, Emeka Okonkwo aka E-Money, was detained for similarly misusing police escort.