The organizers of Headies Awards have disqualified street singer, Habeeb Okikiola who is known as Portable over his irresponsible and vulgar statements he made.
According to a post by the awards, the Headies believed the music industry expects all-around greatness, while it’s crucial for young performers to be role models with professional responsibility, civility, and respect for others.
The singer Portable was disqualified due to social media misdeeds, and rants according to the award organizers.
It will be noted that on May 25, 2022, Portable threatened to kill, hurt, or cause harm to other nominated singers who are in the same categories he was nominated for.
Portable who was nominated for ‘Rookie of the Year’ and ‘Best Street-Hop Artiste’ at the coming 2022 Headies.
Immediately after the nomination, The ‘Zazuu’ singer sent a warning through his Instagram to the other nominees, that however wins the 2022 Headies Award over him.
The organizers not happy with Portable’s statement, quickly responded to his threats:
“We have notified the Nigeria police of Mr. Okokiola’s actions to fellow nominees. Also, demand for the immediate retraction of the video as well as a written apology to nominees in both categories and to The Headies has been made.
“Should Mr. Okikiola fail to meet our demands, we will not only disqualify him from participating in The Headies but also enforce the instrumentality of the law.
“The general public are hereby implored to disregard the video and stop the dissemination of the same in the public space,” The Headies noted.
The organizers announced Portable’s disqualification on Tuesday via Instagram, as he failed to meet up with the demands, thereby posting the disqualification letter below:
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