The Headies Award organisers reported Portable to the police for threatening the lives of other artistes nominated for the same category.
Habeeb Okikiola, also known as possible, had said in a 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 goes die o.”
Smooth Productions, organizers of the awards said they have noted the threat and had reportedly to the police and demanded a letter of undertaking and an apology to other nominees for his threats.
Stating that, “The Headies condemns such actions 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 the Headies, must be made.
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