July 13, 2024.
Azonuchechi Chukwu.
Veteran musician and political commentator, Charly Boy has declared that he will no longer show respect to Nobel Laureate Prof Wole Soyinka.
In a recent post on his X handle, Charly Boy criticized the decision to rename the National Arts Theatre in Lagos after Soyinka, a move announced by President Bola Tinubu in a tribute to Soyinka on his 90th birthday.
Charly Boy expressed his disapproval of the renaming and withdrew his respect for Soyinka.
He wrote:
“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’?” (www.naija247news.com).
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Reporting by Ifeoluwa Okonkwo in Lagos, Nigeria.
