{"id":1117271,"date":"2022-06-10T15:22:47","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T15:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/10\/popular-nigerian-musician-to-seek-for-ghanaian-citizenship\/"},"modified":"2022-06-10T15:22:47","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T15:22:47","slug":"popular-nigerian-musician-to-seek-for-ghanaian-citizenship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/10\/popular-nigerian-musician-to-seek-for-ghanaian-citizenship\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular Nigerian musician to seek for Ghanaian citizenship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Charly-Boy-696x522.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Charly Boy \/ Credit: thisdaylive.com\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charly Boy \/ Credit: thisdaylive.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>   <!--  --><\/p>\n<p>Nigerian songwriter and social activist Charley Boy (Charles Oputa), has said he will quit his country and relocate to Ghana if either of the presidential candidates of Nigeria\u2019s two biggest political parties win the 2023 presidency.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday elected veteran Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as its candidate, while the People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP), has another veteran Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, as its candidate for the country\u2019s 2023 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>In a\u00a0tweet Wednesday, Charly Boy who describes himself as \u2018Father of frustrated Nigerians\u2019, intimated he would not expect either of them to do better in office than current President Buhari and would rather relocate to Ghana to seek Ghanaian citizenship. He said Buhari will look like a saint with either of the two in office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf any of these two jagbajantis win, I go just leave una walker go Ghana, go beg dem for citizenship. Buhari will look like a saint\u201d, he tweeted alongside portraits of the two candidates.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Vanguard Nigeria reports\u00a0that Tinubu won the APC presidential primary election with 1,271 votes on Wednesday, defeating Nigeria\u2019s former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.<\/p>\n<p>Amaechi polled 316 votes to place second while Osinbajo secured 235 votes and came third.<\/p>\n<p>Charly Boy\u2019s tweet has since received varying reactions, with some agreeing with his pessimism while some think he would do better to embark on his relocation bid since Ghana is not too far away.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You can start now sir. It\u2019s not too late. One will win<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 2023 \ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddec Elections (Feb 25th&#038;11 March (@TheRofem) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRofem\/status\/1534511348129976322?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The problem of this country that even the youth that their future is being denied are happy that either of these two old men will win.Even Tinubu that could not even hold the Apc flag .i dey shame for some of our youth<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TAQUIN (@TAQUIN28754590) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TAQUIN28754590\/status\/1534763997697921024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Two bad choices no sensible Nigerian living in Nigeria should chose come 2023. My PVC is already against them.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kelechi John Iheanacho (@KelechiJohnIhe1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KelechiJohnIhe1\/status\/1534624751162904577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"U-8z5TP5WtE\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Safety Concerns: Overgrown medians on highways pose danger to pedestrians (10-6-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U-8z5TP5WtE?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charly Boy \/ Credit: thisdaylive.com Nigerian songwriter and social activist Charley Boy (Charles Oputa), has said he will quit his country and relocate to Ghana if either of the presidential candidates of Nigeria\u2019s two biggest political parties win the 2023 presidency. 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