Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has claimed that Lagos State belongs to no tribe in particular.
In an interview with News Central TV, Charly Boy backed the notion that “Lagos is a no man’s land”, likening the state to New York City.
The veteran had initially expressed his displeasure in in renaming of the popular Charly Boy Bus-stop. He emphasised that his legacy is not tied to material things but embedded in the hearts of the people he walked with.
“This is our first capital, so it has people from different ethnic groups who make Lagos really bubble. If you are looking at it from that perspective, yes it feels like America. The melting pot of lots of immigrant people and look at how Donald Trump is messing the whole thing up. Everything up. From that perspective, in terms of people coming together, it is really a no man’s land, it’s like New York. Lagos is like New York of Nigeria,” he said.
