Police Command in Ogun State has ordered popular hiphop artiste, Habeeb Okikiola a.k.a Portable, to report himself to the nearest police station immediately over alleged assault.
The Zazu crooner reportedly ordered some youths to beat up a young man at a yet-to-be-identified location in Ogun State.
The victim reportedly sustained injuries following the attack on the order of Portable.
The incident was revealed in a minute and 56 seconds clip which had gone viral on social media.
The Police frowned at the development, describing it as “barbaric.”
The Police Spokesman in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi ordered him to report at the nearest police station or risk being arrested.
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The attention of Ogun State Police Command has been drawn to a video clip circulating on social media where a popular hiphop musician Habeeb Okikiola a.k.a Portable, the Zazu crooner was seen organizing some youths to beat up a young man and inflict bodily injury on him.
The incident was said to have taken place somewhere within Ogun State about two days ago. Such unruly and violent behavior is not only barbaric, but unbecoming of somebody who supposed to be a role model for the youths and therefore should not be tolerated.In view of this, the Command is using this medium to advise Okikiola Habeeb a.k.a Portable to report himself at the nearest police station in Ogun State, failure of which his arrest will be ordered.
The flagrant display of impunity by portable in the viral video is condemnable and if not checked, it will send a wrong signal to the youths who are looking up to him as a role model.
Jungle justice has no place in our laws and whoever embarked on it must be made to feel the weight of the law, no matter the status of such person.
DSP. ABIMBOLA OYEYEMI,POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER, FOR : COMMISSIONER OF POLICE,OGUN STATE COMMAND
