I was foolish to support Obi in 2023 - Cubana Chief Priest

Social media influencer and businessman, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, has regretted supporting Mr. Peter Obi in the 2023 presidential election.

Chief priest, speaking at the City Boys Movement rally in Owerri, on Saturday, said he was both stupid, foolish and uninformed to have played the ethnic card with his support for Obi, the then presidential candidate of the Labour Party.

He renewed call for the Igbo people to support President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general elections, regretting that did not support Tinubu in the 2023 election because he wanted to stand as an “Igbo boy” backing Peter Obi.

He called that decision a “mistake” and described his earlier stance as “foolish,” adding that he has now changed his mind.

Cubana stressed that “Igbo people are looking for a fair stake in Nigeria’s political arrangement and must be strategic with their votes moving forward”.

“At the past election, I did not support Tinubu because I wanted to be an Igbo boy by supporting Peter Obi and I made some careless mistakes. I was a fool then but not anymore now. We are just looking for a fair share in this government.” 

“We Igbos are the people that were defeated during the war and it has not been easy for us in Nigeria since then. That is why we want to be smart this time around so we can get what we want. We do not want to lose again and we will never wastes our votes again.

“That is why we are standing with City Boy Movement and Tinubu. Also they would not tell you that Seyi Tinubu married an Igbo girl. He is our brother and our own.”