Popular media personality, Charly Boy, popularly known as AreaFada, has shared a heartwarming story of how Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, surprised him with a “Ghana Must Go” bag filled with traditional food items.
Narrating the experience, Charly Boy revealed that Obi had called him around 1 a.m. one night, expressing a desire to visit him in the early hours of the morning. Despite his initial hesitation, he agreed.
“By exactly 5:45 a.m., Obi arrived at my house – no African time, a man of his word. As I came downstairs, I saw one big Ghana Must Go bag at the entrance of my sitting room. I was wondering what could be inside,” AreaFada recounted.
According to him, after about two hours of discussions on politics, family, and Nigeria, Obi presented the bag as a gift. To his surprise, it wasn’t money or luxury items but a carefully packed collection of local fruits and nuts.
“Inside the bag were bottles of roasted groundnuts, alligator pepper, kolanuts, pawpaw, oranges, agara, mangoes, bananas and more – all handpicked by Obi himself. I couldn’t stop laughing when I opened it,” Charly Boy said.
When he called Obi to express his appreciation, the former Anambra governor reportedly told him:
“Senior, I no fit give you money, but I fit give you this one – na my hand pick.”
Charly Boy described the gesture as a true show of “native intelligence” and authenticity, saying it touched him more deeply than money would have.
“Sometimes, it’s the little things that remind you life no too hard. The kolanut and bitter kola Obi gave me sweet me pass money,” he added, noting that the experience left him riding his scooter that morning with a heart full of laughter.
