#Obidients Vs Nobel Laureate: Charly Boy Bombs Wole Soyinka—The Genius Media Nigeria reports that veteran Nigerian entertainer, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has taken a swipe at Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, over his recent remarks on ‘Obidients’, supporters of the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
Soyinka had criticized ‘Obidients’ for the attacks on his personality, calling them ‘fascists’ in an interview with Channels Television on Friday.
The professor characterized the ‘Obidient’ movement as a threat to the judiciary, and warned Obi ahead of the presidential election that if he lost, it would be his supporters who did so on his behalf.
In response, LP supporters made disparaging comments about Soyinka. But Soyinka fired back in a statement titled, ‘Fascism on course’.
Charly Boy took to Instagram on Saturday to express his disappointment in Soyinka, stating that he has lost respect for the Nobel Laureate, and that Soyinka will never be like Chinua Achebe. According to Charly Boy, Soyinka has reduced himself to a little boy for criminal politicians, and it is a big shame.
“The kind respect I had for this man was almost the kind of respect I had for my stainless father, The Socrates of the Supreme Court. It has finally dawned on me that Soyinka can never be the man Chinua Achebe was. Look at a man many Nigerians put on such high pedestal reducing himself to a boyiboyi for criminal politicians. What a f..king big shame,” he wrote.
The LP candidate, Peter Obi, had contested in the 2019 presidential election under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The election was won by incumbent president, Muhammadu Buhari, of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
