Lawmaker, Akin Alabi Reveals How Much He ‘Sprayed’ At Obi Cubana’s Mother Burial

Businessman cum lawmaker, Akin Alabi has revealed how much he sprayed at the burial of Obi Cubana’s mother.

Alabi, a House of Rep member representing Ona-Ara/Egbeda federal constituency in Oyo State was among the dignitaries that attended the burial of the mother of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Cubana Group, Obinna Iyiegbu popularly known as Obi Cubana.

Revealing how much he sprayed to cultural musicians who spotted and started hailing him, Akin Alabi said it wasn’t only N2,000 as people were meant to believe. According to him, as an active lawmaker, he couldn’t sprayed money just as other individuals.

Sharing the video in his twitter page, Akin Alabi tweet; “As a government worker, I could not afford to spray (or was it sprinkle) more than this. And it was not 2k as bad mouthed people said. It was 9k. Thank you Obinna for hosting us. You deserve all the love.”

Watch the video below…

Meanwhile, photos and videos has been trending online which showed how the dignitaries were spraying money and indigent people where rushing to pick the monies.

However, the videos has been met with mixed reactions from Nigerians.

Reacting to a video where one of the dignitaries threw money into the air and people rushed to pick it, thereby raising dust, Journalist, David Hundeyin @DavidHundeyin said in as much they want to give the people the money, throwing it up is a bad idea. According to him, those people who rushed to pick it might get injured or inhale dust.

He tweet: “The money would be better spent giving these people an all-weather road which would improve their ability to trade and reduce their exposure to respiratory ailments due to constantly inhaling dust.

The money would be better spent giving these people an all-weather road which would improve their ability to trade and reduce their exposure to respiratory ailments due to constantly inhaling dust.

But hey, if pesin talk dem go say you dey disrespect kulshur https://t.co/gUXqcISwCh

— David Hundeyin (@DavidHundeyin) July 16, 2021

Also, another twitter user, @RealSolaKuti reacting to videos from the burial of Obi Cubana’s mother, opined that those spraying and showing off their wealth did not make the money legitimately. He said “only thieves show off their wealths”.

He tweet; “Only thieves throw money around in an attempt to show they have it. Why people get mesmerised by this disgusting dehumanising displays…. is beyond me.”