Veteran entertainer, Charles Oputa aka Charley Boy has taken a swipe at Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka.
Soyinka has been in the news of late, making comments about National importance and has criticized followers of Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi popularly referred to as Obidients.
In a post shared on his Instagram page, CharleyBoy said the respect he had for Soyinka was almost the kind he had for his father, the late Justice C.A Oputa, who was known as the Socrates of the Supreme Court.
He said it has now dawned on him that Soyinka can never be the man late Nigerian novelist, Chinua Achebe, was.
Charley Boy added that the Nobel laureate who many Nigerians put on a high pedestal has ‘’reduced himself to a boyiboyi for criminal politicians”.
‘’The kin respect I had for dis man, was almost the kind of respect I had for the late Justice C.A.Oputa, The Socrates of the Supreme Court.
It has finally dawned on me that Soyinka can never be the man Chinua Achebe was.
The Kogi is not ordinary, he should be very measured anytime he makes a public statement.
Look at a man many Nigerians put on such a high pedestal reducing himself to a boyiboyi for criminal politicians.
What a f..king big shame”
