Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has mourned the President of Ohaneze Ndigbo Chief Emmanuel Iwuanywu.
Charly Boy who took to his X account to mourn the elder statesman, recalled how he was instrumental to his growth as a youth.
He noted with nostalgia how Iwuanywu gifted him $8.000, when he denounced his parents whom he fell out with for not supporting his passion in music.
According to him, “When I returned from the USA 1981, all I had was a dream as a broke Ass Charly Boy wanna be. It was Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyawu who accidentally met me in my village Oguta, after I disowned my parents for not buying into my dreams. He dashed me $8.000 at the time. I almost fainted. Dat gave me the impetus to build the Brand as I started my Jankara studio in my village.”
While describing the deceased as the first Nigerian who supported and believed in his dream added, “My people, legacy is really about the lives we touched, the inspiration we gave, altering someone’s plan – if even for a moment – and getting them to think, cry, laugh, argue. More than anything, we are remembered for our smiles; the ones we share with our closest and dearest, and the ones we bestow on total strangers, who needed it right then, and God put us there to deliver.”
He added, “Chief I can never forget how out of the blues, you jump started my career.I know many will share similar stories of how you touched their live.
I remain ever so grateful.”
