Entertainer and activist, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has shared how the former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, once surprised him with a “Ghana Must Go” bag filled with traditional snacks.
Naija News reports that the veteran musician disclosed this in a Facebook post on Friday titled “The Day Peter Obi Surprised Me With Ghana Must Go.”
Charly Boy revealed that Obi phoned him around 1 a.m. to request an early morning visit.
He wrote in pidgin, “Peter Obi call me say, ‘My Senior bros, I wan come see you, but I no too sure if u fit don wake about the time I for like come.’ Like what time? I asked. ‘Maybe around 5:30 or 6.’
“Na so u wan disturb my early momo exercise parole and my scooter ride? I queried. Without overthinking it, I said ok. Anything for my Presido. Sharp, sharp, by exactly 5:45 am Obi show. No African time, a man of his word.”
According to him, Obi arrived with a large “Ghana Must Go” bag, which was placed in his sitting room.
“As I come downstairs to meet him, na so I see one big Ghana Must Go by the entrance of my sitting room. I look the bag, I just dey wonder, wetin fit dey inside this bag?” he recounted.
The duo spent almost two hours discussing politics, Nigeria and family matters before Obi left.
Charly Boy said curiosity later made him peep into the bag, only to discover it was filled with traditional snacks and fruits.
He narrated, “Inside the bag were 3 bottles of roasted groundnuts. Many alegator peppers, kola nuts, pawpaw, oranges, agara, mangos, bananas etc wey Obi pack by himself. I just no know when I fall for ground begin laugh.”
The activist said he later called Obi to thank him, but the politician responded, “Senior I no fit give you money, but I fit give you this one, na my hand pick.”
Charly Boy described Obi’s act as a rare gesture that meant more than cash.
“Which kind native intelligence pass this one. Dis Peter na Okute. But I love the bobo no be here. Na so I say, Obi thank you oh. Sometimes na the little things go remind you say life no too hard. Na kolanut and bitter kola wey Obi dash me sweet me pass money,” he wrote.
Charly Boy, a consistent public supporter of Obi, said the experience reinforced his admiration for the former Anambra governor.
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