Charly Boy Breaks Silence on Bus Stop Renamed After Olamide: “You Can’t Touch My Records”

• Charly Boy reacted to the Lagos council's decision to rename Charly Boy Bus Stop after rapper Olamide
• The veteran activist described the move as ‘silly’ and ‘petty,’ questioning the motive behind the change
• Bariga LCDA says street names will now honour indigenes doing phenomenal things at home and abroad

Singer and activist Charles Oputa, aka Charly Boy, has weighed in on the recent decision by Lagos State’s Bariga Local Council Development Area (LCDA) to rename the popular Charly Boy Bus Stop after rap icon Olamide ‘Badoo’ Adedeji.

The Bariga LCDA chairman announced the change last Friday, explaining that the council’s new policy is to name public places after indigenes who are excelling both locally and internationally.

While many have applauded the move as a way of honouring homegrown talent, Charly Boy isn’t buying into the excitement.

In fact, he’s calling it what he believes it is: saying it is “a little bit silly and petty.”

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Speaking during an interview with News Central, the Area Fada didn’t mince words.

While he insisted he had no personal issue with Olamide being honoured, he questioned the decision to erase his name from a landmark he believes he earned.

He stated:

“The fact that my bus stop was renamed is neither here nor there. I just believe that was a little bit silly, a little bit petty because if it is about talking about what one has done for that community, go and verify—you can’t touch my records.”

The entertainer hinted that the decision was more political than progressive.

See the interview here:

Netizens react to Charly Boy's interview

Legit.ng compiled reactions of netizens below:

@swt_juie:

"Just like for Abuja too around that Dawaki side, that Charly boy bus stop is very popular and nothing fit change that name oo"

tour_lanny

"If conductor ask if person dey come down for Charlie Boy I no go answer until he say Olamide Badoo"

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@onyinyechukwu______:

"I don’t think danfo drivers will readjust. When you reach your bus stop and you hear Charley boy if you like no come down"

@eckovista

"Una Dey worried about only one bus stop, meanwhile the whole country has been changed for bad! Nothing to write home about"

@_tomibaby_:

"Drivers won’t readjust…no matter the name of the bus stop, Charley boy bus stop will still be known as that. It’s been registered in people’s brain for too long to change just like that"

Falana condemns Charly Boy bus stop renaming

Legit.ng earlier reported that amid the controversy over the renaming of Charly Boy bus stop to Badoo terminal, Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has condemned the recent wave of street and bus stop rechristenings in Bariga, Lagos.

Falana described the move as unconstitutional and carried out without public consultation.

Falana cited recent examples such as the reported naming of two streets by billionaire industrialist Aliko Dangote, in honour of his late friend, Herbert Wigwe, and President Bola Tinubu, allegedly carried out without proper statutory approval.

Source: Legit.ng