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Portable Apologises Over Controversial Video – Independent Newspaper Nigeria – FashionStyleng

Following the outburst and threat by Nigerian artiste, Habeeb Okikola, popularly known as Portable after being nominated for the Headies award, he has apologised to Smooth Productions organisers of popular Nigerian music awards, the Headies, who condemned his outburst concerning the nominations.

The fast-rising artiste who is contending for the Best Street-Hop Artiste and Rookie of the Year awards according to the nomination list released on Tuesday had said, “Those are my awards, anybody else who wins I will ask for them to be killed. I will ask them to kill the person. If the organisers give my award to someone else, they will die. No go give my award to another person, he go die o.”

Reacting to this in a statement on Friday, the organisers condemned the controversial artiste for threatening the lives of fellow nominees made a report to the police as regards the video and warned him to retract his statement and make a written apology to his colleagues.

In a recent development, the singer, however, apologised to the organisers and noted that he wasn’t fighting with them.

He said, “Headies don nominate “madman” olorin. Streets ti take over. So make una give us our award o.

“No vex o, bros. Bros, no vex o. If I fuck up, no be me first dey fuck up. Plenty people don dey fuck up. Abeg I wan collect my award.”

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