Veteran entertainer, Charles Oputa aka Charly Boy has shared details of how ‘Charly Boy’ bus stop came about.
Recall that the bus stop was recently renamed.
Speaking on ‘The Morning Brief’, a programme on Channels Television on Tuesday, the activist said Gbagada was named after him by the people in the early 90s because of his contribution to the community.
According to him, people from all walks of life in the community had benefitted in one way or the other from his benevolence, hence they named the bus stop after him.
“Once upon a time, I used to live at the bus stop,’ Charly Boy recounts how Charly Boy Bus Stop at Gbagada was named after him in the early 90s.
“People who were at Gbagada at the time felt it was just the right thing to name a bus stop after me because I contributed to that community. The military, pensioners, okada riders and other people benefited from me.
“I gave scholarships out to people. I don’t like talking about what I have done and what I have not done but I tried for my community at the time I was there. So because of what I had done, the people thought it wise to name the bus stop after me, and that’s how it all started,” he stated.
The Bariga Local Council Development Area recently renamed the popular Charly Boy Bus Stop in Lagos after indigenous rapper and music executive, Olamide.
