Last week, Charlyboy raised eyebrows
when he appeared at his father's
funeral service, seated and flanked by
two ladies..Speaking to Vanguard, he
gave his reason and also why he cut
short some politicians from giving long
tributes
First of all, I am not a church goer.
I am a Buddhist, though I was born
into the Catholic doctrine. And part
of my reason for not going to
church is the fact that I have been
to a lot of churches. For the first 20
years of my life, I was a mass
servant. I was an ‘altar boy’
because my father was a
disciplinarian. If you don’t go to
morning mass, you are bound to be
in trouble.
I did all that for 20 years, and
that’s the kind of background I was
coming from. But things have
changed regarding the mode of
worship in most churches. They
spend more time than necessary.
Why should we be praying for two
to three hours non-stop? I have
other things to do.
At the funeral service, I was told
that Mr. President’s representatives
and other dignitaries have arrived
my home town.
Unfortuantely, one of my legs was
paining me, and that was why, if
you were in church that day, I was
sitting down throughout. People
didn’t understand why I was sitting
down. I couldn’t stand up for too
long. Now, we have spent about two
to three hours in the church. We
couldn’t afford to give all the
politicians that attended the funeral
rites the opportunity to pay tribute
to my late father. I felt the only
person who should deliver a speech
was Mr. President’s representative.
At that point, I was so stressed and
tired. All I wanted was to commit
my father’s remains into the
mother earth. So, I insisted, as the
eldest son of Justice Oputa, I decide
how things were going to be done.
At that point, I said please, no more
talk, it’s too much, let one person
speak so we can go and finish the
business. That was what happened
but you know people will
misinterpret it. That is their
business, not mine
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