Obi Cubana Drops Touching Family Photos As His Adopted Son Claims Next Of Kin Status

Obi Cubana Drops Touching Family Photos As His Adopted Son Claims Next Of Kin Status

  • Nigerian businessman Obi Cubana has responded after his adopted son Chidi Nweke's controversial TikTok video went viral
  • The Cubana Group CEO shared family pictures taken at his 50th birthday and wrote a lighthearted statement in the caption
  • Many Nigerian celebrities and concerned netizens thronged to the comments section to share their views on his response

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Nigerian businessman and billionaire, Obinna Iyiegbu, well known as Obi Cubana, has spoken after his adopted son, Chidi Nweke, made a video bragging about being next in line for his wealth.

Chidi Nweke, Obi Cubana, Obi Cubana's wife, Ebele Iyiegbu, Obi Cubana's adopted child, Next of kin
Obi Cubana speaks after his adopted son, Chidi Nweke, bragged about being his next of kin. Image Credit: @chicij7/TikTok and @obicubuna/Instagram
Source: Instagram

Obi Cubana reacts to Chidi's video

In the video, Chidi participated in the viral TikTok trend where a particular sound is used, and people caption the video with one thing they could brag about that weighs on their shoulders.

He bragged about being the next of kin for Obi Cubana's wealth as he raised his shoulders and made hand gestures in the video. The Nigerian businessman took to his official Instagram page to react after Chidi's video put social media into a pandemonium.

On Instagram, Obi Cubana shared memorable family pictures of himself, his ever-gorgeous wife, Ebele Iyiegbu, his four biological sons and his adopted child, Chidi, at his 50th birthday celebration.

In the post's caption, the chairman of the Cubana Group calmed the online storm with his powerful words. He noted that they vibe, bond, have fun, and talk as a family.

He made a lighthearted statement saying that at the end of it all, all his children, including himself, were next of kin and ended his message with a red dress woman dancing emoji and the laughing out loud emoji.

The Nigerian billionaire, using hashtags, implied that it was a family business and the matter had been sorted.

"We Vaib, we bond, we cruise, they talk! Las las, all of us na next-of-kins! Ngwanu, anyi apuo!💃🏾🤣#familybusiness #okpataozueora1."

Obi Cubana had previously caused an uproar with a post about one of his other children and the next of kin debate, with many calling him out for being 'tone-deaf'.

Reactions to Obi Cubana's words

Below are the reactions of social media users to Obi Cubana's remarks concerning his adopted son Chidi's TikTok video:

chidij7 said:

"Best of kins🤞🏾❤️."

pauloo2104 said:

"@obi_cubana man of class!!! Man of peace ✌️🏾."

chiomagoodhair said:

"Case Closed!! 🔥🔥🔥."

veekee_james said:

"Period! 🔥."

lush_eby said:

"@obi_cubana them still dey correct you say na VIBE not VAIB! 😂😂😂."

tailugbe said:

"Me self join next of kin😍🤣😆😁😄😄😀😝 aka TAIFIRSTCLASS 😁😁😁😁."

dtwalx said:

"Everybody na next of kin😂."

prettymikeoflagos said:

"Ceo na only 50th birthday u do ooh, we still going to do 100th birthday, make all next of kin rest first… time still plenty 😂."
Obi Cubana
Obi Cubana and his beautiful family, including his adopted son, Chidi. Image Credit: @obi_cubana
Source: Instagram

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Geraldine Amoah (Entertainment editor) Geraldine Amoah is an Entertainment Editor at YEN.com.gh. She pursued Business Administration at Ashesi University and graduated in 2020. She has over 3 years of experience in journalism. Geraldine's professional career in journalism started at Myjoyonline at Multimedia Group Limited, where she worked as a writer. She has completed Google News Initiative News Lab courses in Advanced digital reporting and fighting misinformation.