LAGOS, Nigeria(VOICE OF NAIJA)- Nigerian socialite and nightlife entrepreneur Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, has reignited his long-running paternity dispute with Kenyan woman Hellen Atti after publicly challenging her to bring the child at the centre of the controversy for a live DNA test on television.
The celebrity barman reacted after a television report revisited the lingering paternity allegations involving Atti, who has repeatedly claimed that he fathered her son.
In response, Cubana Chief Priest returned to social media to reject the allegation once again and insist that he was ready to settle the matter publicly.
Reacting in the comment section of a post about the report, the businessman called on the media platform, Arise TV, to bring Atti and the child to its studio, saying he would willingly take a DNA test live on air at no cost.
“Make Una help me bring her and the child for una studio, make I come there, come do the DNA for una on Live TV for free,” he wrote.
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His reaction has added fresh heat to a controversy that has trailed him for months.
Hellen Atti has repeatedly maintained that Cubana Chief Priest is the father of her child, Pascal who was reportedly born in January 2023, and has continued to call on him to take responsibility.
The socialite, however, has consistently denied the claim and has now doubled down by challenging her to stop making online videos and present the child directly for testing.
He also responded to social media users who criticized the prolonged nature of the dispute and questioned why a DNA test had not been done earlier.
One user @emem_kemskelly_ukem told him the issue was damaging both his public image and family, writing, “Go and do DNA Pascal. This rubbish is too bad on your image as a well-known person. Even on your family, too. This DNA thing should have been done since before it escalated to this level.”
Cubana Chief Priest fired back with a lengthy response, insisting he would not spend money chasing a claim he does not believe in.
He also suggested that the allegations were part of a financial scheme tied to his celebrity status.
“Celebrity no suppose get shame, shebi na my money una dey hustle like this,” he wrote, before adding that if anyone claimed to have a child for him, they should bring the child to him directly rather than use social media to stir attention.
In the same response, he accused those pushing the allegation of trying to exploit his name and wealth.
According to him, “If you born for person bring am to the person no use am dey do video. Bring me the child na you dey find papa for your pikin, me I’m not looking for my child so I’m not spending anything to help you.”
The paternity dispute between Cubana Chief Priest and Hellen Atti first surfaced in 2023 and has remained a recurring topic online.
While Atti has continued to publicly insist that the businessman is the father of her son, Cubana Chief Priest has repeatedly denied ever meeting her and has maintained that the allegations are false.
With his latest challenge, the businessman appears to be pushing for a public resolution to the matter but fans are skeptical whether the DNA test he proposed will eventually happen.
