File photo: Cubana Chief Priest
Celebrity businessman Pascal Okechukwu, known as Cubana Chief Priest, has denied participating in the All Progressives Congress primary election for the Orsu/Orlu/Oru East Federal Constituency seat in Imo State.
He said he voluntarily withdrew from the contest after Governor Hope Uzodimma presented the party’s zoning position to him.
The claims, made in a series of Instagram story posts on Sunday, contradicts an earlier video in which Okechukwu said his only regret was “trusting the elders in the community” and that only 14 people voted for him at the primary.
Okechukwu was seeking the APC ticket for the Orsu/Orlu/Oru East Federal Constituency seat ahead of the 2027 general elections, where he lost to the incumbent lawmaker, Canice Nwachukwu.
