Veteran Nigerian music star, Chalse Oputa, known by his stage name, Charly Boy has expressed readiness to join Nigerian youths in staging a nationwide protest against the prevailing hardship in the country.
Charly Boy in a chat on Monday said he
believes that the Nigerian youths possess the ability to retrieve their country
from the wrong hand.
Nigerian youths who are angered by
the untoward hardship bedeviling them, have vowed to embark on protest
nationwide beginning from August 1 to August 10.
Many socio-political activists have been advocating for
revolution in the country, saying some policies of the government that birthed
the current economic situation must be reversed.
Protest has also been trending on X social media platform
with many users expressing divergent views on the matter.
Speaking on the planned protest, Charly Boy, who has
championed several protests previously, said he is currently hibernating,
stating that when he observed that the youths are serious with their aim,
“their father will be in the front”.
He said, “I am fully in support of whatever the young people
will do to recover their stolen country. I have been a fan of the youths for so
many decades. I’m in support of anything they can do to end this quagmire.
“Until that day, I will sit in my house watching. When they
finally say enough is enough and they mean it, their father will be in the
front. That time I will know that they are now serious. ‘I go know say their
mumu don belefu’ them.
“We are all shopping from the same market. We are all
feeling it. Do you think I’m happy with the situation? Do you think I’m happy
with the environment? It is affecting me also”.
On an alleged threat by the Nigeria Police, as contained in
a leaked memo, the maverick entertainer said that the police lacked the legal
right to stop any protest.
According to him, “Police can stop any protest. The only
thing that can stop protest is fear in the young people, that is the only
hindrance. It is our civil right to protest. As long as we are doing it in a
civil and non-violent way, it is very much allowed.
“One day, them go wake-up in country and them go regret all
the stealing and oppressions that they have done.
“The Federal lawmakers that are collecting billions of naira
when people are suffering, the young Nigerians know them. They know their
address, they know their girlfriends, they know where the lawmakers travel to.
When the heat starts, they will know”.
However, the activist advised the intending protesters to
remain peaceful, stressing that they should not entertain any violence in their
demonstration.
“I will advise as a father that the protest should be
peaceful. There are a lot of things that they can peacefully do that can send
powerful messages. Nobody needs to resort to violence.
“We see what is happening in Kenya, we can do better. I have
always believed in the exceptional youths of this country. I know that the day
they will say enough is enough, it will be enough”, Charly Boy added.
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