"I withdraw my respect" - Charly Boy reacts to renaming of National Theatre after Soyinka

Veteran singer and social activist, Charles Oputa, aka Charly Boy, says he will no longer accord respect to the Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka.

Charly Boy, a staunch critic of President Bola Tinubu made the assertion in a post on his official X handle on Friday while reacting to the renaming of the National Arts Theatre in Iganmu, Lagos after Soyinka.

We reported that President Tinubu in a tribute he wrote to celebrate Soyinka in commemoration of his 90th birthday, announced the renaming of the facility after Soyinka.

Reacting, Charly Boy in his post, protested against the move, saying the "Mighty have fallen, for beans"

He wrote,

"Uncle WOLE I henceforth withdraw all the respect I once had for you.

"When late Jimmyjohnson talked about you in the 90s, I thought he was only yabbing you.

"Wow! How some of our MIGHTYs have fallen, for beans, ewa, dodo, is it for rice'?