Nigerian singer-songwriter, television presenter, actor, and producer, Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has detailed how the late Ohanaeze President, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, gave him money to start a business a long time ago.
Coming at a time when he had nothing to his name and when his parents were unwilling to share his vision, the money was a huge surprise, the artiste said his reaction to the generosity was out of this world.
The 74-year-old artiste popularly called Area Fada 1, used his verified X handle @AreaFada1 to narrate his story.
Charly Boy had tweeted:
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.
He was the very first Nigerian who supported and believed in my dream.
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.
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.
Rest In Peace, Biggest bros/father.
