Charly Boy has now said the quiet part out loud. The former president did not wander onto Isbae U’s YouTube set by accident. Charles Oputa, the veteran entertainer known as Area Fada, says he pulled Olusegun Obasanjo into the young creator’s world.
The episode of Curiosity Made Me Ask dropped on September 19, 2026, and tore through the internet. Within 24 hours it had pulled about 1.6 million YouTube views. By the next day it had crossed two million. On Tuesday, Charly Boy used X to explain why he made the introduction.
“Sometimes, the greatest thing you can give a young person is not money. It’s opportunity. Look at what happened when Baba entered Bae U’s world.”
He praised Obasanjo for refusing to sit like a monument. The old soldier walked into a format built on banter and kept up with a host whose style is nothing like Aso Rock protocol.
“A man of his age and experience sat down with a young man whose style is completely different from what he is used to. Baba didn’t just sit there looking serious. He matched the energy, played along and showed Nigerians another side of himself.”
Then came the credit.
“And who helped make that connection happen? CharlyBoy. Fada believed in the young people behind that show enough to pull Baba into their space.”
Isbae U, whose real name is Adebayo Ridwan Abidemi, answered in one line:
“Thanks for believing in me FADA.”
The show itself was chaos with a suit on. The host introduced the former president as a former staffer. He claimed he paid Obasanjo’s salary, fed him and covered the Aso Rock rent from 1999 to 2007. Baba played along. The same interview turned sharp when the talk reached Charly Boy. Obasanjo called him “jaga jaga,” said he once had no regard for the flamboyant son of the late Justice Chukwudifu Oputa, and even wished the child had resembled the father. Then he told the story that changed his mind.
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That history is why the booking lands with extra weight. The man Obasanjo once dismissed as too loud to take seriously is the same man who walked a former head of state onto a skitmaker’s podcast. Charly Boy turned the moment into a lecture for both sides of the age line.
“To the older generation: don’t only tell young people to succeed. Give them room. Open doors. Recommend them. Trust them with opportunities. To the younger generation: don’t wait for somebody to hand you a future. Build something worth believing in. When opportunity comes, be ready.”
His closer was the thesis.
“When generations support each other, everybody gets to grow. That’s how legacy is supposed to work.”