Popular singer and activist Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa, known as Charly Boy, has criticized Muhammadu Buhari, the former President, for his time in office.

According to Charly Boy, Buhari was unable to inspire himself when he led Nigeria between 2015 and 2023.

In a rant on his Instagram page, he expressed hope that Nigerians would recover from the "torture" and "trauma" of Buhari's administration.

Charly Boy, a staunch supporter of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has been one of the fiercest critics of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), stating on several occasions that the party has caused suffering, hunger, and despair among Nigerians.

Read Charly Boy's post below

Yes, hide ur face in shame if you have any.

Unintelligent, colorless, with a wicked touch of nepotism, incompetence, & unholy corruption. A hound that attacked the very essence of your livelihoods.

If there was anything worst than ineffectual, he would have made the cut. He couldn’t even inspire himself.

Everywhere he went, he left the stench of poverty, hopelessness, despair, & regrets.

Today, only two people hype him. They do so not because of any type of real achievements, but sycophancy; the type that defies every sense of obligation.

He was the representative of a Nigeria that cried for help. The proof that popularity is not at par with capacity.

How will you run a country for 8 years & no one will invite you to give a lecture, nor deliver a “one-line” keynote address? In the life of me, I am yet to see a man as insignificant as this one.

My prayer is that someday, somehow, Nigerians will recover from the torture & the trauma. An unfortunate event in your annals of History; both as a military head of state, & a civilian ruler.

Like in all Forms of Rule, there is decline & plenty. But he took Nigeria to a place less than obscurity, & left many in multidimensional poverty. He offered no apologies, & blamed others but himself.

In fact, he warned that “under no circumstances should anyone invite him to render an account of his misrule.”

I doubt if anyone calls him for a naming ceremony. Very insignificant thus far; no impact, no legacy. A colorless personality, he won’t even write a memoir of himself.

The fact that they can toy with your lives, & get away with it, is the most depressing. Such a privilege don’t exist in other climes. And this is only a glimpse of how ineffectual & aloof he was.

How do you hate your country so much?

One could argue that some people used him to get to power, for their own selfish use. Having achieved their aim, they let him slide back into oblivion (to enjoy the rest of his misspent obscure life).

A calamity that befell a people. A plague that defied every logic. History will remain unkind to him.