Veteran Nigerian entertainer, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has narrated the emergence of his first marriage.
The human rights activist narrated how he had initially denied his first two children while speaking in an interview with Godfrey George.
He said:
“I WAS IMMATURE AT THAT TIME, AND I WAS NOT KNOWLEDGEABLE. ALSO, I WAS NOT PREPARED TO BE A FATHER. I WAS ALWAYS SURPRISED THAT WOMEN GOT PREGNANT SHORTLY AFTER I MADE LOVE TO THEM. I DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE DEVELOPMENT. I EVEN DENIED MY FIRST TWO CHILDREN AT FIRST, SAYING THEY COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MINE BECAUSE ALL THE GIRLS AROUND ME WERE GETTING PREGNANT INDISCRIMINATELY.”
“BY THE TIME I TURNED 19 OR SO, MY MOTHER DECIDED, IN THE FAMILY’S BEST INTEREST, THAT I MUST MARRY. SHE WAS THE ONE WHO CHOSE THE WIFE FOR ME. I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR THAT MARRIAGE, BUT I WENT ALONG WITH THE PROGRAM. AT LEAST, I KNEW I DID NOT HAVE TO PAY TO MAKE LOVE TO ANYONE FOR A WHILE. THE MARRIAGE ENDED AFTER I LEFT NIGERIA AT THE AGE OF 20. I WAS IMMATURE AND DID NOT KNOW WHAT FATHERHOOD MEANT AT THAT TIME.”
