How Charly Boy’s Father, Justice Oputa Died at 96!

Eminent jurist and retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Chukwudifu Oputa is dead.

We gathered that the eminent justice who passed on at 96 died in Abuja where his son, Charles, better known in the entertainment industry as “Charly Boy” or “Area Fada” lives.

He was reported to have died after recovering from stroke.

Justice Oputa had struggled with failing health for several months, culminating to a stroke in February 2014.

He was educated at Oguta and Christ the King College, Onitsha before proceeding to Yaba Higher College. He transferred to Achimota College in Ghana, earning a BSc in economics in 1945.

On his return to Nigeria, he taught at a secondary school and also served as an assistant district officer. After earning BA in history at home, he relocated to London where he studied law and was called to the Bar at Gray’s Inn.

Many still recall that the Oguta-born justice was brought back to serve when in 1999, he was saddled with the task of investigating 15 years of abuses perpetrated under the military regimes that held sway prior to the emergence of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo as the President.

Justice Oputa was down with stroke. He was aged 96.

He is survived by a wife, Mrs. C. Oputa, and several children and grandchildren, among them his son, Charly Boy.

Our family source stated that the family was yet to decide on funeral arrangements.