I Was Nearly Butchered In Wuse Market When We Took “Our Mumu Don Do” Campaign There – Charly Boy

NewslogMar 14, 2026Read original

In an interview with The Podcast Network, Charles Oputa, a musician and actor popularly known as Charly Boy, stated that during the #OurMumuDonDo campaign in Abuja in 2017, security forces attacked him and other protesters.

Charly Boy said that when he and the other protesters took the campaign to Wuse Market in Abuja, he was almost killed. He said he was nearly butchered there by some people

Charly Boy added that many terrible things have happened to him over the years, and that these experiences make him believe there is a reason he is still alive today.

In Charly Boy’s words: “At one point we went to Wuse market to take the campaign there, I was nearly butchered In Wuse Market. So many horrible things have happened to me and that is why I say there is a reason why I am still alive”