Charly Boy Disgraces Okorocha At Oputa’s Burial Over N20million Controversy.

A requiem mass organised for the late
Socrates of the Supreme Court, Justice
Chukwudifu Oputa at his country home in
Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State
was disrupted yesterday, when the first son of
the former erudite judge, Charles Oputa, a.k.a
Charley Boy prevented Governor Rochas
Okorocha from paying tribute to his father
Eye witnesses said that the mass which was
conducted by the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto
Diocese, Rt Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah at the
Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Oguta, went on
smoothly until Okorocha was permitted by the
Bishop to pay his tribute to the fallen judge.
However, Chief Okorocha, was stopped
midway into his speech, by Charley Boy who
was visibly infruiated with Kukah for granting
the governor the permission to speak. He
walked up angrily to the altar and snatched
the micro-phone from the governor, to the
embarrassment of all the dignitaries present.

It was a disgrace to the governor.
Among eminent Nigerians present at the
church service included representative of
President Goodluck Jonathan, the Secretary to
the Government of the Federation, Senator
Anyim Pius Anyim, Governors Willie Obiano
(Anambra), Theodore Orji (Abia); the Deputy
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Chief Emeka Ihedioha and former governors
of Anambra State, Senator Chris Ngige and Mr
Peter Obi respectively.
Also present, were the former governor of
Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim,, Senator Uche
Chukwumerije and the Minister of Labour,
Chief Emeka Wogu, the state Police
Commsiioner, Almajid Ali and the Divisional
Police Officer, DPO, for Oguta, Ikembuchukwu
Abugu.

The intervention of Bishop Kukah could not
assuage Charly Boy’s anger as he insisted that
no politician would take advantage of his
father’s burial to score “cheap political” goals.

He insisted that the Governor should not
speak at the event.
However, obviously embarrassed by Charley
Boy’s action, the Governor and members his
entourage hurriedly left the church service
mid -way, despite entreaties from the
officiating Bishop Kuka for them to stay on.

It was gathered that Charly Boy’s action
followed a recent statement by Government
House, Owerri, to the effect that the Oputa
family was given N20 million to assist it in the
burial arrangements.

Sources told Saturday Vanguard, however,
that “the family never received a dime from
either Okorocha or the state government, not
to talk of the alleged N20 million said to have
been made available to them,’’ as reported by
a section of the media.
Meanwhile, the state government has
described the incident that played out at
Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Oguta, as “ugly
and regrettable.”

According to a statement by the Seniour
Special Assistant, SSA, Media, to Governor
Okorocha, Mr Sam Onwuemodo, “It is highly
regrettable that the son of the late Justice, Mr
Charles Emeka Oputa, aka, Charly Boy, threw
caution to the wind and turned the church
service into a political theatre that saw him
acting or playing out the script he drafted in
Abuja with some Imo politicians, who have
remained cowed by the overwhelming
popularity of Governor Rochas Okorocha.”

Onwuemeodo insisted that the state
government made “substantial financial input
and also organized a special day of tributes
for the late Justice Oputa at the expense of
state government with Charly Boy also present
with other members of the family.

”We condemn that ugly incident and also wish
to advise politicians from the state to stop
heating up the polity over power since God is
the giver of power. In 2015, God will decide
who will be governor of Imo State and when
God decides that, there is nothing anybody
can do about it.” He did not make to
reference to the N20m said to have been
given to the family.
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Charly boy sha..lol