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The Bariga Local Council Development Area (LCDA) has renamed the iconic Charly Boy Bus Stop in Lagos after indigenous rapper and music executive, Olamide.
The Chairman of Bariga LCDA, Kolade Alabi David, made the announcement during the inauguration of several infrastructural projects across the community on Friday.
“Ajidagan Street will now be called Olamide Adedeji Baddo Street. That means Charly Boy Bus Stop will now be called Baddo Bus Stop, no more Charly Boy,” the Chairman stated.
Previously named after the eccentric entertainer Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, the bus stop is a popular landmark in the Bariga area.
Its renaming is part of a broader campaign by the LCDA to celebrate local icons.
In addition to honouring Olamide, other streets and locations have also been renamed:
Ilaje Road now bears the name of juju music legend Sunny Ade,
Ifeanyi Street becomes 9ice Street, named after the ‘Gongo Aso’ crooner,
Community Road, Akoka is now Babajide Sanwo-Olu Road,
Bariga Road becomes Bola Ahmed Tinubu Road,
And Ayodele Street is now Tony Tetuila Street.
