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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