SAN FRANCISCO, August 15, (THEWILL) – Popular entertainer, Charles Oputa, alias Charly Boy, who has been leading the #OurMumuDonDo campaign for the return or resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari, was on Tuesday attacked in Wuse market.
Charly Boy was attacked in Market by angry protesters who are believed to be supporters of the president.
The musician and his fellow campaigners were last week attacked by security officials who dispersed them violently from the Unity fountain, also in Abuja.
“Charley Boy came to this market with some cameramen doing his protest here.
“I was standing in front of my shop when I saw him running for his dear life, being chased by those youth,” a trader was reported by Premium Times as saying.
“They nearly lynched him, because those youth almost overpowered police security near him,” a protester said.
Wuse market is Abuja’s largest and is dominated by northerners, many of them supporters of President Buhari.
“The gates of the market were temporarily closed and manned by heavily armed security operatives after the incident.
“Charley Boy caused it, how can he come here to be talking against Buhari. Those Hausa boys dealt with him,” a meat seller in the market who witnessed the incident said.
The musician was rescued by security operatives who fired gunshots and tear-gas to disperse the crowd.
The security operatives later returned to remove Charly Boy’s vehicles from the market, using tear-gas to disperse the protesters who tried to stop them.
The protesters had started a campaign on Monday last week, demanding that the president – who is away in the UK on a medical vacation – resumes or resigns.
Confirming the development, one of the leaders of the group, Deji Adeyanju, said the attack was masterminded by a “regular face” among pro-Buhari protesters – a group involved in solidarity protest in support for President Muhammadu Buhari.
“We just went to Wuse market for mobilisation against 100 days event tomorrow & a regular face at Unity Fountain brought thugs to attack us.
“Charly Boy’s car was damaged by the thugs. This is a senseless government. #ResumeOrResign,” Deji wrote on Twitter.
