The legal team of the businessman, Pascal Okechukwu, also known as Cubana Chief Priest, asked the Federal High Court in Lagos State, on Wednesday, to decline jurisdiction on the Naira abuse charges instituted against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
This was after the court had granted him N10 million bail.
Cubana had told Justice Kehinde Ogundare that his pending application challenging the jurisdiction of the court needed to be determined.
The application sought the court to hold that it could not preside over the EFCC case.
The court subsequently adjourned till May 2nd to hear the application challenging its jurisdiction.
The EFCC counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, in the suit marked FHC/L/ 246/2024, had accused the Instagram personality of tampering with 500 naira notes at a social event, contrary to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act.
The three-count charge read:
The accused pleaded not guilty to the charges while seeking bail.
The court granted him bail with some conditions which included two sureties in the civil service from grade level 16 and who must own landed property.
He was also directed to submit his international passport while his legal team were warned to always produce him in court.