Paschal Chibuike Okechukwu popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest is one of the Nigerian-born billionaires that many prefer to call him by his social media page name than his real name.
He was raised in Aba, Abia State South East Nigeria where he grew up mastering business skills. While growing up, he was very close to his father who was into shoemaking and later became an importer of shoe materials. His early exposure to business under his father’s close watch enabled him to master the rare skill of business negotiations, buying and selling of goods & services.
Though he was raised in Abia State, he is not from there as his state of origin, his parents were traders who left their home state to sojourn in the high-rising commercial city of Aba where industriousness gives birth to business success.
Cubana Chief Priest is from Imo State, South East Nigeria, where he received his higher education. He attended Imo State University (IMSU) and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.
His University education in the capital city of Imo State helped him expand his network quickly, as he commands social respect among the super-wealthy, upper-class, and middle class.
His business and socialite acumen positioned him to meet his Chairman and Boss Chief Obinna Iyiegbu, known as Obi Cubana. His talent was sourced and acquired where he began his mentorship and a business partner of the Chairman of the Cubana Group of Companies “Obi Cubana”. One of the important things he learnt from Obi Cubana is the big role family plays in success and he practices the need for healthy relationships and setting legacies.
The business partnership was a successful one as he learnt fast the business of entertainment and rose as one of the biggest socialites, businessman and promoters of brands.
He perceived himself to be a solution person which necessitated his name “Cubana Chief Priest” and in reality many of the brands he has promoted recorded huge success beyond the imagination of the owners.
He owns restaurants, clubs and hotels in many states of Nigeria such as Imo State, Delta State and Lagos State where he has invested heavily in the entertainment sector of Nigeria.
As a reputable show promoter, he is very close to many musicians who perform in his clubs and hotels including helping in promoting brands that he plays key public relations for. Top on the list is Mr David Adeleke popularly known as “Davido” who Cubana Chief Priest loves so much as they both built a mutual relationship beyond business.
His popularity has enabled him to support so many people contesting for certain things and most times the support turns positive as he throws all his weight when supporting someone or promoting a brand.
He practices monogamy and is married to only one woman who gave birth to his lovely sons. He denied having a child elsewhere as a woman from Kenya claims she has a child for him. He had denied the allegation severally and pictured it to be someone planning to destroy his beautiful marriage. For him, it is very difficult for him and his wife to separate as they built together over the years as business partners and pillars behind each other’s growth as they own lots of properties and businesses jointly. His position on the close relationship he shares with his wife sends a signal to intruders to perish the thoughts of the possible destruction of his beautiful marriage.
He is his own Boss and no longer under his former Boss Obi Cubana as they both separated but remained good friends to date. During the burial/funeral ceremony of Obi Cubana’s mother held at Oba in Anambra State, he gifted his former boss many cows and other gifts. His gesture has birthed another dimension of him in cow gifting for his friends carrying out the burial/ funeral ceremonies of their beloved ones. This is evident in the forty-seven cows he took to Ukpor in Anambra State where he gifted his billionaire friend Zenco the cows during the funeral ceremony of his (Zenco) mother.
Cubana Chief Priest commands lots of followers in social media, he mastered the importance of social media early enough and leveraged it to build his personal brand and business brand. His brand positioning, big network and commander of engaging followers made him see him self as Africa – Nigeria Biggest PR. In his IG he has more than five million followers rarely seen from someone who is not directly a musician or actor.
He is also known for his saying that money is water, a term he coined to show that if you work hard enough you will attain wealth. The effort put in looking for money is what he termed important as water needs a pumping machine before it can pump.
He was once arrested by EFCC and charged to court for naira mutilation which he pleaded not guilty and was discharged.
Cubana Chief Priest believes in healthy competition as he posited that billionaires and people in his class learn from each other in most things especially execution of laudable projects that signifies that wealth has reached home( Aku luo Uno)