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CharlyBoy Bus Stop Gbagada connotes a different meaning since you left. In those days, seeing the Monster Hog (PowerBike) in your house with wonderful memories of the CharlyBoy show, Gbagada was a hub of creativity. Today it is the Mecca of impunity of the Anti Cultism Squad. 😞
Most of the credible voices out there learnt from the very best and that includes you sir. We however teach those coming behind us not to be trapped into living on past glory but focus on susccession planning by leaving a formidable & sustainable legacy.
Bus stops & estate names can be rechristened over night. It is not something to be proud of especially under a government that promotes identity politics of hate (populism). You can’t rest on your oars now and pat yourself on the back when you have so much to live for.
Your grand kids shouldn’t be bequeathed a society where policemen kill our youth for their hairstyle, dressing, piercings or tattoos. Only God is perfect in goodness. The few humans ascribed as good only displays their mastery of taming their inner darkness. You can do more.
Even Festus Keyamo have streets named after him. I’m certain MC Oluomo will have several since they are annexed to Government dutifully. You don’t want to be remembered for having the same things thugs possess even without your kind of exposure, heritage, education & talent.
If we explore further Bashir Almajiri at the Villa will have several ranches named after him just for his ability to read, write and tweet as the first of his name in his region to succeed as a house-nigga. This is not who you are sir. Brag about the generation you’ve impacted.
I attended Granny Oputa’s panel virtually. I have records of the proceedings. I know he was proud of you and your style of journalism via entertainment. You can’t retire into the realm of mediocrity because of a miscalculated indiscretion. I personally haven’t given up on you.
You are an elder, a different kind from the oppressors. You’re still able, agile & fit. Each passing day brings a new challenge that should make you better than the man you were yesterday. Mandela wasn’t remembered for the streets named after him but his philosophy. What’s yours?
I’m certain sir that you remember the aristocratic Bobby Benson with his huge Hotel Bobby in Fadeyi along Ikorodu road. He too would have thought that he will be remembered for his popularity & fame. I doubt if the likes of Wizkid, Simi, Davido & Kizzdaniel know who he was.
By the way his hotel was uprooted when his children and village of wives started warring over his properties. They looted the hotel and it because desolate and obsolete to the point where it became a hide out for armed robbers & kidnappers. His name went with the winds.
Meanwhile Obafemi Awolowo, China Achebe and Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s philosophy live on in our hearts. They didn’t compromise their conviction for porridge. We are a product of their ingenuity and contribution to society. Free education, the art literature & civic freedom of Fela.
When I get to your current age sir, I would want to be remembered for more than a few streets in the swathes of Abuja and Lagos being named after me. Anyone can achieve that even without a brain installed, provided they are well tethered to the lucre Of public office.
...End of Celestial Observation... 
Ochie dibịa chụọ àjà, ọ dika ewere ya nye ndi mmụọ n'aka. When an old native doctor offers a sacrifice, it is as if it was delivered into the waiting hands of the deities. When an expert does things, it flows naturally; Experience counts. Don’t ruin yours. Be better sir! ⚠️
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