By Juliet Umeh

Veteran entertainer and activist, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charlie Boy, has made startling revelations about his troubled past, admitting that he engaged in white-collar crime and committed several “foolish mistakes” in his youth days.

These experiences, he says, are fully documented in his forthcoming memoir, 999.

Speaking during an interview on Arise Prime Time, Charlie Boy said he deliberately chose to tell his life story without filtering out the embarrassing or controversial moments, insisting that the book reflects his journey of mistakes, survival and redemption.

“I’ve made mistakes in my life,” he said.