The Ogun State Police Command has ordered musician, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, to report himself to the nearest police station.
This is coming after a video of Portable asking some youths to beat a man up went viral on social media. Portable also accused the man of sending messages to his wife.
The command’s Spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, revealed in a statement. That the incident occurred somewhere within the state about two days ago.
Oyeyemi explained that the victim was inflicted with injuries as a result of the beating. The statement l read in part,
“The attention of Ogun State Police Command has been drawn to a video clip circulating on social media. Where a popular hip-hop musician, Habeeb Okikiola a.k.a Portable, the Zazu crooner was seen organising some youths to beat up a young man and inflict bodily injury on him. The incident was said to have taken place somewhere within Ogun State about two days ago. Such unruly and violent behaviour is not only barbaric but unbecoming of somebody who is supposed to be a role model for the youths. Therefore, it should not be tolerated.”
It continued, “In view of this, the Command is using this medium to advise Okikiola Habeeb a.k.a Portable to report himself at the nearest police station in Ogun State, failure of which his arrest will be ordered. The flagrant display of impunity by ‘Portable’ in the viral video is condemnable. And if not checked, it will send a wrong signal to the youths who are looking up to him as a role model. Jungle justice has no place in our laws. Whoever embarks on it must be made to feel the weight of the law, no matter the status of such person”.(sic)
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