Organisers of Headies Award Report Singer Portable to Police for Death Threats Against Fellow Nominees

Organisers of the Headies Award have reported its nominee, Portable to the police for threatening the lives of other artistes nominated for the same category.
Smooth Productions said it has taken note of an instagram post by the singer where he made direct threats to the lives of whoever contests any of the categories for which he has been nominated.
The singer, whose real name is Habeeb Okikiola, 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 had reportedly approached the police to demand a letter of undertaking and an apology to other nominees for his threats.
He was nominated for the Best Street-Hop Artiste and Rookie of the year awards categories.
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.”