Popular TV personality, Charles ‘Charly Boy’ Oputa says he has not endorsed any candidate for the 2023 presidential election.
Charly Boy, who spoke on Arise TV, said any candidate that would get his support must “inspire hope” and be a person worthy of emulation.
The self-styled ‘Area Fada’ however disclosed that he would reveal his preferred candidate by November.
“I’ve been under intense pressure to say who my preferred candidate is, but I’ll say that at my own time when it is right.
“It’s because I have I still have to interact with and interrogate as many candidates as possible so that I know exactly what I’m telling my children to do.
“They have to come with a different story, not the one we’ve been used to for a long time. They have to inspire hope, that person must be who we look up to emulate.
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“We have the history of most candidates, we know what’s what and part of the problems we have today is ourselves.
“However I think the hopelessness has united a lot of outstanding, exceptional youths of this country and I just hope that this great change that we desire, that we so badly need will happen at least while I’m still alive,” Charly Boy said.
Recall that Charly Boy was present at the New Afrika Shrine when Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi paid a courtesy call on Afrobeat star, Femi Kuti.