Obinna Iyiegbu (Obi Cubana)
Category: Who is Who in Nigeria
Obi Cubana is a graduate of Political Science of the University of Nsukka. He
made his first million during his National Youth Service Corps while serving
at the National Assembly in Abuja.
He was later introduced to real estate business where he met a client who wanted to furnish a house. After furnishing the house for the client, Obi was gifted N500,000 as he also made over N600,000 in profit for the job. “That was the first N1.1m I made before I joined contract work in Abuja,” he said in an interview.
He started his journey into business in 2006 when he established his first night club, Ibiza, in Abuja. Later on, he built another club, Cubana, in Owerri, Imo State. From there his business empire grew.
In October 2021 Obi Cubana clinched the award for the "Man of the Year"in Nigeria, defeating the likes of Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State; Chairman, UBA Group, Mr Tony Elumelu; and Chairman and founder of BUA Group, Mr Abdul Rabiu. He was voted by Nigerians at home and in the diaspora via online platforms in a 14-day Leadership Excellence Awards. The Cubana Group boss emerged winner with 2,667,845 votes, while Makinde, Elumelu and Rabiu had 1,015,224, 848,652 and 819,562 votes respectively.
He was later introduced to real estate business where he met a client who wanted to furnish a house. After furnishing the house for the client, Obi was gifted N500,000 as he also made over N600,000 in profit for the job. “That was the first N1.1m I made before I joined contract work in Abuja,” he said in an interview.
He started his journey into business in 2006 when he established his first night club, Ibiza, in Abuja. Later on, he built another club, Cubana, in Owerri, Imo State. From there his business empire grew.
In October 2021 Obi Cubana clinched the award for the "Man of the Year"in Nigeria, defeating the likes of Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State; Chairman, UBA Group, Mr Tony Elumelu; and Chairman and founder of BUA Group, Mr Abdul Rabiu. He was voted by Nigerians at home and in the diaspora via online platforms in a 14-day Leadership Excellence Awards. The Cubana Group boss emerged winner with 2,667,845 votes, while Makinde, Elumelu and Rabiu had 1,015,224, 848,652 and 819,562 votes respectively.
He was arrested on November 1, 2021 by the EFCC, a financial crimes body in Nigeria. He was later released after 24 hours of questioning and interrogation.
Obi Cubana is fond of attributing his source of wealth to God, calling himself, God’s favorite son. In 2008 he got married to Ebele Iyiegbu, who is a lawyer, they have four sons.
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