Popular Nigerian veteran singer, Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa, best known as Charly Boy, has been subjected to immense criticism from Nigerians over his comment on Professor Wole Soyinka.

Recall that Charly Boy recently labelled Wole Soyinka as suffering from mental issues due to his age, and that is the reason for some of his recent actions and comments. He said;

"Prof. Wole Soyinka is aged over 80yrs, even tending towards 90yrs. For his age, some level of brain deterioration is not unexpected. His rhetorics and actions in recent times is suggestive of deteriorating brain disease, and as such he shouldn’t be taken too seriously."

What we should be worried about as well-meaning Nigerians, is how come his family and close friends can’t ward off agents of desperate politicians who are bent on exploiting his medical situation to their advantage, no matter how low it sinks the once respected Nobel Laureate.”

Following Charly Boy's statement on Wole Soyinka, many Nigerians have berated the veteran for speaking ill of the professor despite his age, some even stated that since Charly Boy was nearing the professor's age, he should be careful on what he says about others.