Renowned singer and social activist, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has publicly expressed his disappointment and withdrawal of respect for Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka.
Charly Boy, a vocal critic of President Bola Tinubu, voiced his sentiments on Friday following the renaming of the National Arts Theatre in Iganmu, Lagos, in honor of Soyinka.
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The decision to rename the iconic venue was announced by President Tinubu in a tribute commemorating Soyinka’s 90th birthday. In reaction to this development, Charly Boy took to his platform to protest what he perceives as a decline in Soyinka’s integrity.
In his statement, Charly Boy remarked, “Uncle WOLE I henceforth withdraw all the respect I once had for you.” He went on to recall past discussions about Soyinka, mentioning, “When late Jimmyjohnson talked about you in the 90s, I thought he was only yabbing you.”
Expressing his disillusionment, Charly Boy criticized the decision, implying a loss of admiration for Soyinka, stating, “Wow! How some of our MIGHTYs have fallen, for beans, ewa, dodo, is it for rice’?”
