Maverick entertainer, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has again taken a swipe at Nobel Laureate Prof Wole Soyinka, for keeping mum amid the hardship ravaging Nigerians.
In a video clip posted on his verified X microblogging
handle, Charly Boy recalled how Soyinka led a mass protest against former
president Goodluck Jonathan during his tenure.
He recalled that Soyinka led the protest when Jonathan
removed fuel subsidies “and petrol prices increased from N87 to N120.”
He wondered why Soyinka chose to remain mute amid the untoward
hardship currently bedeviling Nigerians, accusing the Nobel Laureate of being a
“tribalistic bigot.”
He said, “There was a time when Uncle Wole Soyinka cared
deeply about Nigeria and Nigerians. He criticized leaders and personalities who
seemed anti-Nigerian.
“As a social engineer myself, he was one of my heroes and I
saw him as a mentor. But today, I look at him as a tribalistic bigot and I have
lost all respect I once had for him.
“I remember back in the days, Uncle Wole paid the price for
his radical activism, imprisonment and even exile at the hands of military
dictators.
“Recently, I’m not sure where his loyalty lies because he
has remained mute about this government.
“Uncle, was this recent renaming of the national theatre a
reward for your muteness? I remember Wole led a protest when Jonathan removed
the subsidy, and petrol prices increased from N87 to N120.
“He called President Jonathan a terrorist and his wife a ‘hippopotamus,’
saying that Jonathan almost damaged the economy beyond repair. That was when $1
was N190.
“Last December, Wole called Peter Obi unfit to lead this
country and recently said that Obi must not run in 2027, a person who is not
even in power.
“He maintained that he would not criticize Tinubu until a
year after. It is now a year and a few months, but he remains mute.”
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— Charly Boy Area Fada 1 (@AreaFada1) July 20, 2024
Time to refrain from social commentary.
Time to truly enjoy your retirement.
God blessings in good health.
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