MOUN Debunks Claim Charly Boy Gave Out 2,500 Motorcycles To Association

By Akinwale Kasali

Contrary to claims that Charles Oputa, popular as Charly Boy, donated 2,500 Motorcycles to the Motorcycles Operators Union of Nigeria, MOUN, as empowerment, following the Ambassadorial Partnership between him and Bajaj Company, there was no such donation, it has been revealed.

Comrade Ade Ikuesan, MOUN National Secretary, said such reports were figments of imagination, adding that the MOUN leadership is not aware of any such gesture from Charly Boy to 2,500 of its members.

In an interview with Ikuesan by Irohinoodua, he said: “This is not true. We have a strong Union, and if such a significant event happened, we would know”, Ikuesan stated.

He further added that Motorcyclists known in local parlance as Okada Riders in Lagos had been used to Second Pedro Bus Stop until Charly Boy came and removed the name and inserted his.

He also added that many Okada Riders were worried about the morality and unpleasant image Charly Boy represents, and the negative impact on their Children and society at large.

According to Ikuesan, “No single individual in Nigeria has ever given 500 Okada to our Members not to talk of 2,500.

“We urge flippant commentators not to drag our Union into their parochial battle. Charly Boy is not our member, he only recruits some of our members anytime he wants to organize rallies for a stipulated fee”.

Ikuesan urged journalists to always investigate their stories and not to rely on rumours or hearsay.

An analyst, had, on national television, made the claim of tye donation by Charlie Boy to  Bariga youths.