Headies Nominated A Mad Man – Portable States As He Tenders An Apology
Fast-rising singer Portable, born Habeeb Okikiola, has again made the news after he took to his Instagram page to tender an apology to the organisers of the Headies Award following the latter’s decision to disqualify him for this year’s edition.
Headies via it’s official Instagram page stated that they are considering disqualifying the ‘Zazoo Zeh’ crooner following his recent threat to assassinate co-nominees of the 2022 Headies ‘Rookie Of The Year’ award, should he not win that category; this category houses fellow Nigerian acts, Av, Fave, Magixx, and Ugocci.
“We have notified the Nigeria police of Mr. Okokiola’s actions to fellow nominees. Also, demand for the immediate retraction of the video as well as a written apology to nominees in both categories and to The Headies has been made.
“Should Mr. Okikiola fail to meet our demands, we will not only disqualify him from participating in The Headies but also enforce the instrumentality of the law.
“The general public are hereby implored to disregard the video and stop the dissemination of the same in the public space,” Headies stated.
Hours after the statement was released, Portable released a video of himself, attempting an apology to the organisers of the award. He began the video by stating that he is insane and was on was merely joking with his threat to have fellow nominees assassinated, should anyone other than himself win that category.