How I Was Scamming Banks Before 419 Started — Charly Boy

Posted by Nwa Diokpa Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria Wednesday, February 7th, 2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular singer and social activist, Charles Oputa, better known as Charly Boy, has stated that he was scamming banks before 419 became popular.

Charly Boy, said this while speaking in the latest episode of The Honest Bunch Podcast, co-hosted by actor, Chinedu Ani Emmanuel, aka Nedu.

The entertainer also disclosed that his dad, the late Justice Chukwudifu Oputa, destroyed him through religion.

“I spoil from belle because at 16, I don born. My first son is almost 53. I was scamming banks even before una begin hear of 419, I don do small. My papa, when I dey small he damage me with religion and religiousity,” he said.

The African Examiner recalls that Charly Boy had in August 2022 stated that marriage is a lifetime sentence

However, in an interview with Saturday Beats, the ‘Area Fada’ said: “Some people are asking me how I have managed to stay in marriage for 45 years. It is hard work. It is not that it has entirely been a sweet experience for me. My marriage is not perfect but we are a perfect match made in heaven.

“Young people usually believe that love is all they need to marry. That is a big lie. That was what I was trying to say (in my post on social media). When I talk, people should think deeper. I have been married for 45 years. What remains again? I can as well finish 10 or 20 more years because it is a life sentence.”