The news about popular singer, Habeeb Okikiola commonly known as Portable, having issues with the Ogun State Police Command, circulated on the internet on Wednesday, with the Ogun state police command issuing 72 hours warning that he should report himself to the nearest police station in the state, or risk being arrested on Friday.
The cause of this issue is that Portable and some of his aides beat a boy in his studio, the boy went to make a complaint, and some policemen were sent to arrest Portable, but he ended up insulting the police and sending them out of his office.
Portable has come out to clarify the reason he beat up the boy, According to him, the boy is one of his apprentices, and he Is a boss to the boy.
The boy is into cyber crime popularly known as Yahoo Yahoo, he has several times advised the boy to quit such an act, but he continued doing the scam, so he decided to teach him a lesson by beating him, so the police has no right to arrest him because he beat up his boy.
He further bragged that he’s a celebrity, and he does legal work, so nobody can arrest him.
“Speaking in a mix of Pidgin English and Yoruba, the singer said, “That boy wey I beat, he’s my boy. I’m a boss to him. Oga go beat apprentice na? That one no mean say make police come say make dem come arrest you.
“This boy is my boy. He’s into Yahoo [Internet fraud]. I advised him to quit but he still dey do the scam dey go. Then I pursued him. I beat him. I flogged him. Now you want to arrest me because I flogged him? He comes to write a petition about me, about a celebrity superstar.
“He’s a Yahoo boy. Yahoo boy came to lay a complaint. He writes a petition about a superstar celebrity. My work is legit. I do music for a living. I no fear anybody, na only God I fear,” he added.