Headies award organisers report singer Portable to police

The organisers of the famous Nigerian awards, The Headies, say they brought to the attention of the police a viral video by controversial singer Portable in which he threatened to kill whomever emerges winner in his nominated category, if he fails to clinch it.

Portable has been nominated into the ‘Best Rookie of the Year’ and ‘Best Street-Hop of the Year’ categories.

Born Habeeb Okikiola, the controversial singer had said in the video: “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,” he said in Yoruba.

“No go give my award to another person, he go die o”

Smooth Productions, organisers of The Headies, said this in a statement released on Instagram that the matter was reported to the police.

The statement read in part, “The Headies condemns such act and is vehemently opposed to the utterance of any threats or actions that contravene our laws. We have notified the Nigerian Police Force of Okikiola’s actions to fellow nominees of the awards.

“Also, demand that the immediate retraction of the video from Mr. Okikiola’s social media platforms, as well as a written apology to the nominees of both categories and to the Headies, must be made.

“Should Mr. Okikiola fail to meet our demands, we would not only disqualify him from participating in the Headies but also enforce the instrumentalities of the law to the fullest.”

The organisers also implored the general public to disregard the video and stop sharing the same on social media platforms.