The 73-year-old Nigerian singer, songwriter, and actor Charly Boy issued an appeal to youth in Nigeria to overthrow the country on Instagram on Saturday.
The artiste was inspired by the upheaval in France, where there have been several days of rioting since a 17-year-old kid was killed by a police officer.
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Charly Boy, whose real name is Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa, now wants the same reaction in Nigeria.
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He did not state what should be the justification for the violence.
But it could be safely surmised that he is among the Peter Obi supporters still sulking over Obi’s thrashing in the election.
“This isn’t Syria, Iraq or Afghanistan. This is France where 9% of the population has brought down entire cities!”, he said in reference to the raging arson in parts of Paris, a video of which he shared.
“Karma from Africa? Am waiting on the exceptional Nigerian Youths to reject a system that let dem down. Una destiny dey una hand”.
In his earlier post before editing it, the musician called Nigeria a Criminal enterprise and urged Nigerian youths to bring it down.
Reactions
However, most of the reactions to his post were one mighty rebuke, right on his Instagram page.
“Your kids shld lead the line…. You don’t have any positive impact in this country, what yu know how to do is preach hatred, war….this country wl move forward by God’s grace”, wrote Emmanuel Iyaniwura.
Jetima007 said: Please don’t be a reason why they destroy lives and livelihood in Nigeria sir, it is okay to rant but encouraging violence is the worse thing someone in your generation can be associated with, this battle is for us now, you can rest sir, thanks for your understanding, we will take over from here.
“Please sir. This is calling for violence, I don’t support this, I’m your big fan, but I condemned this post with everything in me”, wrote Abigail Nathaniel.
Another commenter Desanya Maestro served Charly Boy notice that he could be arrested by security agencies.
“With all due respect sir, security agencies can take this up against you as instigating youths to violence and course you all of us these things. Destruction has never done any good even outliving the generation who began it. You elders are the ones who say those who live in glass houses don’t throw stones. Let’s take things easy sir, respectfully commenting”.
