Elijah Adebero
Popular singer and activist, Charles Oputa, widely known as Charly Boy, has opened up about his relationship with the late artiste, Tyna Onwudiwe
He said he was so close to her that he almost considered marrying her.
In a recent interview, he noted that there were speculations regarding his paternity of some of Tyna Onwudiwe’s children.
“I almost married Tyna. One day, we sat down and talked about it.
I said, ‘Oh, no, I don’t see myself marrying two wives,” he recalled.
“And, by the way, if we get married, we would kill ourselves. Let’s be good friends.’ And we became the best of all friends.
“Tyna was such a beautiful soul. She would give her last penny to a stranger. That was who she always was. People used to tease me by calling her my wife. They said your wife had cancer. I wanted somebody, a female to help me with that.
“Because if I was doing it on my own, people would say, ‘Of course, is she not your girlfriend? Is she not your wife?’ In fact, some of her kids, people think they’re my kids.”
Charly Boy added that he raised funds for the late singer during her fight against cancer, but sadly, the illness ultimately took her life. She passed away on June 29, 2001, merely 17 days following her 47th birthday.
