Charly Boy: How Obi Surprised Me With ‘Ghana-must-go’ Bag

ENTERTAINER-cum activist, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, on Friday, September 19, recounted how former Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, once surprised him with a Ghana-must-go bag filled with things one can “never imagine.”
In a Facebook post, titled, ‘The Day Peter Obi Surprised Me With Ghana Must Go,’ Charly Boy said Obi phoned him around 1a.m. to request an early-morning visit.
Writing in Pidgen English, Charly Boy said: “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.
“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 said they spent nearly two hours discussing politics, Nigeria and family matters, and after Obi left, he peeped into the large bag only to find it filled with traditional foods and fruits.
“We siddon gist about Nigeria, about politics, about family etc, for almost 2 hours. Na so Obi come say, ‘See small thing I bring for you.’ I said, Thank you, sir, without even opening it.
“As Obi waka go, I say make I peep inside this bag. My people, you can never imagine wetin full inside this bag.
“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 musician said he called Obi to express his gratitude, only for the politician to say to him: “Senior, I no fit give you money, but I fit give you this one, na my hand pick.”
“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,” ‘Area Fada,’ as he was once called, recounted.
Charly Boy said he was so touched more than money could and was reminded that life is not too hard, noting: “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.”
Charly Boy, a public promoter of Obi, has always expressed his support for the politician and in 2023, declared his intention to walk naked on the street to jubilate if Obi emerged victorious at the election petitions tribunal.
On his part, Obi had, while celebrating Charly Boy’s birthday that year, said Nigeria needs more men like him “who can speak truth to power and hold the leaders accountable.”