Fast rising singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has been ordered by the Police to report to their station on reports made over gang beating.
The Zazoo Zeh crooner was seen in a viral video where a group of persons had pounced on an individual beating him and the singer’s voice was heard with orders to inflict more injury on the victim.
Reacting to this, The Ogun State Police had ordered that the singer to report else he would be arrested.
The act according to them was barbaric and shouldn’t be encouraged.
A statement was released by the Police spokesperson, DSP, Abimbola Oyeyemi.
In the statement, the Ogun state Police stated that Jungle justice has no place to stay in Nigeria because the act is unruly and dangerous.
The statement read, “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 organising 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 behaviour 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.”
