Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has disclosed how seeing how Nigerian performer Charles Oputa, also known as Charly Boy, took care of his late father, Justice Chukwudifu Oputa, altered his opinion of the performer.
In an interview with media personality Isbae U that aired on Saturday, Obasanjo explained why he frequently referred to Charly Boy as “Jaga Jaga.”
Despite his respect for his late father, Justice Oputa, the former president first claimed to have little regard for the performer.
Obasanjo remarked, “Well, Charly Boy is so jaga jaga that I don’t know anything about him.”
He called Justice Oputa “a great man” and expressed his wish that his son had followed in his footsteps.
“He has a good father, Justice Oputa. Oh, what a great man. I wish Charly Boy had resembled him.
“When I first came to know Charly Boy, I had no iota of regard or respect for him,” he said.
“But when I went to visit Justice and it was in Charly Boy’s house. I didn’t know it was in Charly Boy’s house. So the first thing that put me off in that house, I saw a motorcycle in front of the house. The way the motorcycle was dressed and all that, I said, ‘What is this?”
“And then I went inside the house. I saw how Justice was being taken care of and by who? Charly Boy.
“Ah, so I started changing my mind about Charly Boy and until Justice Oputa died, Charly Boy took perfect care of him, looked after him and he really behaved like a good child would to his father.”
The former president said Charly Boy also took care of his mother, whom he described as “a great humorous woman.”
“He didn’t stop there. He did the same to his mother. And I used to frequently visit the mother, who was a great humorous woman. Charly Boy took care of her. Then I started changing my mind. I changed my mind about him,” he said.
“Then one day I asked him, I said, ‘Look, Charly Boy, what is all this?”
“You said that Jaga Jaga, all those Jaga Jaga things that I see, is to make chop-chop and it’s an intelligent boy, that Charly Boy, all Jaga Jaga, because you cannot do Jaga Jaga to earn a living without being intelligent.”
“So now I like him a bit, not too much.”
I believe that it’s not always wise to judge someone solely based on external appearances. Some individuals may seem rough or rascal on the outside, but deep down, they can be kind, loving, calm, and caring. It’s important to look beyond surface impressions and recognize that everyone has a unique and valuable inner nature that may not be immediately visible.
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