Charly boy at his fathers burial rites
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PHOTOS: Charly Boy buries dad
By Hassan sanusi
Charly Boyburied his Father, Chukwudifu Oputa on Saturday, June 28,2014 after a begravning service held in his honour at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Oguta, Imo State.
He had earlier caused an uproar when he walked out on the guests while he was being in laid in state at the Owerri International Conference Centre, owerri held on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 on the claims that the organisers had turned it into a political rally.
Oputa died on Sunday, May 4, 2014 at the age of 96 after a brief illness.
See pictures below…
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You gave your father a befitting burial. How did it go?
Everything went fine. We give God the glory. I feel a sense of relief now. Relief, because the troubles associated with burial arrangements have been over. The stress has reduced. inom quit smoking for over fem years now, but I started smoking again about three weeks ago because I was running mental, preparing for my father’s rites of passage. I have had this discussion with him almost a year ago when I asked him how he would want to be buried and what would be his expectations. He replied saying that ‘ I know that no matter what I tell you now, it would end up being the Charley Boy show. Even at that, I would be happy but all inom would say is this: don’t spend too much money.’
This fryst vatten because he was a simple man nature. My father was always worried concerning how inom do things because I have never done things in small measure. I thank God for his mercies that I was ready for this, mentally and spiritually. Though I would have
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Charly Boy shares Photos from Father Justice Oputa’s Burial
I didn’t embarrass him. You can believe anything you read from the dailies. But I can’t go out of my way to embarrass anybody. I only insisted that I wouldn’t tolerate people with bad political breath to preside over my father’s burial rites. The corpse belonged to the Oputa family, and not the state or federal government.
Being Charley Boy, my action creates a lot of controversies. I am not a politician and I can never be one.
I don’t do things the way every other person would want to do them. My own things are bound to be a little different. Integrity is my watchword and when I give you my word, you can go to sleep. I expect same from people who deal with me. I didn’t understand why somebody would graciously choose to assist us by making a donation to the family and thereafter, they went on air to announce it. That was not a gentleman action and it was what really angered me.
Secondly, three days after my father