Veteran entertainer and activist Charles Oputa, better known as Charly Boy, has opened up about an unforgettable early-morning encounter with former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
In a Facebook post on Friday, Charly Boy recounted how Obi phoned him around 1 a.m., requesting to drop by at 5:30 a.m. a time the activist thought was “too early for visitors.” True to his word, Obi arrived at exactly 5:45 a.m., carrying a large “Ghana Must Go” bag.
Curious about the mysterious delivery, Charly Boy said he later peeped inside the bag, only to find it stuffed — not with money — but with groundnuts, kola nuts, pawpaw, oranges, bananas, mangoes, and other traditional snacks, all handpicked by Obi himself.
“I just no know when I fall for ground begin laugh,” Charly Boy revealed, adding that the thoughtful gesture touched him far more than money ever could.
Obi, he said, told him plainly: “Senior, I no fit give you money, but I fit give you this one — na my hand pick.”
For Charly Boy, it was a lesson that “sometimes na the little things go sweet pass money.”
