Blood will flow - Charly Boy on potential rigging of 2027 elections

Ibukunoluwa Daramola 10:28 - 06 August 2025

Charly Boy

He wants to know whether the electorate’s votes would count.

Entertainer and activist, Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has issued a fiery warning over the potential rigging of the 2027 general elections, predicting that any such move could lead to unrest.

In a recent interview with content creator Jay, he declared, “Blood will flow," underscoring growing tensions over Nigeria’s political direction.

Speaking on the perceived corruption in Nigeria, Charly Boy stressed that the state is now in a worse period than during the late President Muhammadu Buhari’s period.

The corruption we face now is worse than what we experienced during Buhari's time, times 10. All I'm interested in is if our votes would count in 2027, how do we get these monsters away from leadership positions. It's all about 'Mr A thief pass Mr B?' That's what they've come to do.

"I am hoping to see 'rig and di3' come 2027... Bl**d will flow; before it gets better, it will get worse."

- Charly Boy pic.twitter.com/9JFvUivzKY
— @𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗷𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗯𝗼𝘆 (@OneJoblessBoy) August 5, 2025

The 75-year-old veteran artist further criticised the widespread tribal representation in Nigeria’s corrupt systems, insisting that:

To the people stealing, you'd see Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba men there. All the tribes are represented in the stealing. We all know the game at this point and I'm hoping to see 'rig and die' come 2027. Bloody will flow and before it gets better, it'd get worse here.

The Port Harcourt-born entertainer, also known as Area Fada, went on to address the recent controversy around the renaming of Charly Boy Bus Stop in Lagos, which he previously tagged ‘silly and petty.’