Sequel to a video clip circulating on social media in which a popular hip-hop musician, Habeeb Okikiola a.k.a Portable, was seen ordering some youths to beat up a young man and inflict bodily injury on him, the Ogun State Police Command has ordered him to report himself to the police, warning that failure to do so will lead to his arrest.
Speaking on this in a statement on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said: “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 also unbecoming of somebody who is supposed to be a role model for the youth and therefore should not be tolerated.
“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 being 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.”
Reiterating that jungle justice has no place in the nation’s laws, Abimbola said that whoever embarked on it must be made to feel the weight of the law, no matter the status of such a person.
