Veteran singer and social activist, Charles Oputa, aka
Charly Boy, says he will no longer accord respect to the Nobel Laureate, Prof
Wole Soyinka.
Charly Boy, a staunch critic of President Bola Tinubu made
the assertion in a post on his official X handle on Friday while reacting to
the renaming of the National Arts Theatre in Iganmu, Lagos after Soyinka.
President Tinubu in a tribute he wrote to celebrate Soyinka
in commemoration of his 90th birthday, announced the renaming of the facility
after Soyinka.
Reacting, Charly Boy in his post, protested against the
move, saying the “Mighty have fallen, for beans”
He wrote, “Uncle WOLE I henceforth withdraw all the respect
I once had for you.
“When late Jimmyjohnson talked about you in the 90s, I
thought he was only yabbing you.
“Wow! How some of our MIGHTYs have fallen, for beans, ewa,
dodo, is it for rice’?
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Wole Soyinka is a tribal bigot. When u look closely to the false claims of his contribution to the literary development of the country he is no where at all. A single book from Chibuna Achebe not the ubiquitously read Things fall Apart No, but the little pamphlet The trouble with Nigeria is more popular than the 90 wasteful years of this ethnic bigot, Soyinka. I have never seen a negative minded Nigerian like Wole Soyinka. He is a hater of any race that is not Yoruba. Nonsense.The only he knows is English and we also know it. There is nothing to remember him for except his hatred for Igbo race. Well as he gets closer to the exit door of existence, Satan is already waiting to welcome him. Foolish man!
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