Charles Oputa, also known as Charly Boy, a Nigerian artist and social commentator, has spoken out against the recent viral photo of him seated in a wheelchair at the airport.
On Friday, photographs of Charly Boy sitting in a wheelchair surfaced on social media, eliciting varied emotions, with many expressing concern for his health given that he had survived cancer.
Charly Boy, on the other hand, stated he was fine in a tweet on Saturday, adding that he was merely weary of walking and begged airport personnel to push him about.
He wrote,
“I apologize if I made anybody worry about me.
“No be say anything dey do me. I just lazy/tired as I dey waka upandown for airport. So I tell officials make dem just dey push me around.
“I no dey form Chief Justice oooo and I no disguise myself to go see Tinubu for London sha.”
