Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike, has bare his mind on the grand burial of the mum of Chairman of Cubana Group, Obi Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana.
The actor said those criticising the lavish display of wealth at the weeklong event have no right to do so, as Obi Cubana‘s source of income and how he wishes to celebrate his latte mother, Ezinne Iyiegbu is nobody’s business.
The 54-year-old actor stated this barely a week after the much talked about burial in an interview with PUNCH.
WITHIN NIGERIA had reported that the billionaire club owner became talk of the town after he buried his late mother, Ezzine Iyiegbu in grand style, in what many have called a lavish display of wealth over the weekend in Oba, Idemili-South Local Government rea of Anambra State.
He said “We all mind one another’s business in this country because people are always looking for the negative things. As he (Iyiegbu) is spending, it shouldn’t be anybody’s problem. He is simply having fun. And if it is a way of honouring his late mother, what stops him from calling his friends to come around and celebrate her life? Maybe, that’s his way of doing it. He has also said that he has helped many people and many of them would want to repay the favour.”
Speaking on allegation that Nollywood painted most rich Igbo people as occultists, he said, “There are different ways people can show their affluence. Some might choose to ‘spray’ money and it could be a one-off thing. I don’t think I have heard Kanayo Kanayo spraying money anywhere before now.
“We are not going to carpet all that because of someone spraying money at a function. Maybe Cubana had been nice to them and they decided to spray that amount of money. However, it is left for the government to decide whether to ban spraying of money or not.”