‘Portable is a Rascal – Ogun govt condemns singer for attacking officials

The Ogun State government has condemned the Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, for attacking it’s officials.

The State government described him as an unrepentant rascal and a serial dissident.

Kayode Akinmade, Special Adviser to Governor Dapo Abiodun on Information and Strategy, in a statement on Friday, stated that Portable has been in the habit of assaulting government officials without provocation.

Akinmade said the latest attack orchestrated by portable and his cohorts against government officials who were on their lawful assignment in the area “is unacceptable and barbaric.”

He noted that such indecent act will be addressed in line with the extant law of the land.

In his words, “We are profoundly taken aback by the unpleasant and uncivil act of the Hip-hop artiste, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable on Wednesday, in Iyana- Ilogbo area of the state where is bar is located.

“The way in which Portable and some set of miscreants he employed in the dastardly act attacked the officials of the OGPDPA is not only bizarre but a confirmation of erosion of Omoluabi ethos in those individuals and indeed a great disgrace to the state.

“Governor Dapo Abiodun totally condemned this primitive and indecent act, and is ready to make any individual flouting the extant law of the land to face the full wrath of the law irrespective of social status and influence.”

Recall that nine proteges of Portable, were on Thursday arraigned before a Magistrates’ Court sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta, by the state police command.

They were arraigned for allegedly assaulting officers of the Ota Zonal Planning office of the Ministry of physical Planning and Urban Development.