Controversial Nigerian singer Habeeb Okikiola, better known as Portable, has explained why police showed up at his lounge in an attempt to arrest him. In a new video posted on his TikTok page, he said he beat the person who brought the policemen over an issue related to internet fraud. Portable claimed the alleged fraudster he assaulted was his apprentice and that the matter was personal, not something that should involve the police.
Speaking in a mix of Pidgin English and Yoruba, the singer said, “That boy wey I beat, he’s my boy. I’m a boss to him. Oga go beat apprentice na? That one no mean say make police come say make dem come arrest you. This boy is my boy. He’s into Yahoo [internet fraud]. I advised him to quit but he still dey do the scam dey go. Then I pursued him. I beat him. I flogged him. Now you want to arrest me because of I flogged him? He come to write a petition about me, about a celebrity superstar. He’s a Yahoo boy. Yahoo boy came to lay a complaint. He writes a petition about superstar celebrity. My work is legit. I do music for a living. I no fear anybody, na only God I fear.”
The singer entered the news after a viral video captured him arguing with police officers who stormed his lounge in the Sanga Ota area of Ogun State to arrest him. He resisted arrest, boasting that he was a superstar and worked for the ruling party. In response, the Nigeria Police Force announced plans to investigate and prosecute Portable for unruly behaviour. The police said the move was necessary after the video showed him acting irrationally and insulting officers performing their legal duties at his bar. Force Public Relations Officer Olumuyiwa Adejobi stated that the singer’s actions were criminal and punishable under Nigerian law.
Hours later, the Ogun State Police Command issued a 72‑hour ultimatum for Portable to report to the nearest police station or be arrested by Friday. Police Public Relations Officer Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed the development, noting that Portable had been instructed to submit himself to the police or face arrest. She also reported that Portable’s father had pleaded on his son’s behalf and promised to bring him to the station.
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