Nigerian millionaire businessman Obinna Iyiegbu, often known as Obi Cubana, has spoken out about his mother’s funeral.
In an interview with media personality Chude Jideonwo, the billionaire who gained to prominence for providing his mother a much-publicized burial explained why he went to such lengths for his late mother.
The founder of the Cubana company revealed that no one in his family had reached the age of 80. According to him, his father died at 66, his grandfather at 78, and his father’s younger sibling at 75. Cubana remarked that he wanted his mother to break the generational curse by encouraging and celebrating her birthday every year.
Unfortunately, their wish didn’t come to pass as his mother died when she was close to 79, and the billionaire and his siblings, who were already saving up for her burial, decided to give her a befitting burial, regardless.
“In my family, I am saying it for the first time: nobody has lived up to 80. My father died at 66, my father’s brother died at 75, my grandfather died at 78, and I told my mum, you will break this. I told her to break it if it’s a generational curse or something. I promised her that for the burial I would throw for her, nobody would break, and we started saving up for that.
I think she died on 31st December; she was 78 and a half, and we were all looking forward to her 80th birthday. But what happened happened, so let’s celebrate her. At least she almost broke it”.
“In my family, nobody has lived up to 80…”
For the first time, Obi Cubana explains in detail the reason he “went all out” for his mother’s funeral.#WithChude#MindHeartSpirit#LetsBeHumanTogether
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To watch or listen to the full episode, please go to https://t.co/MZm7kkJrwk… pic.twitter.com/V5RMYm03CG— Chude Jideonwo (@Chude) August 16, 2024
