Headies Disqualifies Portable Over Threat To Co-Nomimees, Incessant Controversies


The organisers of The Headies have disqualified Habeem Okikiola, the musician popularly known as Portable, from the 2022 edition of the awards over the numerous controversies involving him.

In May, the fast-rising singer was nominated for the ‘Rookie of the Year’ and ‘Best Street-Hop Artiste’ categories of the annual award.

In a statement on Tuesday, the organisers of the awards cited the “incessant negative attention” that the musician has garnered in recent times as one of the reasons for his disqualification.

The Headies also cited the singer’s earlier threat to his co-nomimees.

Portable earlier claimed his co-nominees at The Headies are no match for him and also threatened to kill anyone who wins any of the categories in his place.

“We regret to announce that following numerous indicting statements made by Mr. Habeeb Okikiola popularly known as “Portable”, and the incessant negative attention that Mr Okikiola has garnered from the Nigeria Police and the general public in recent times, the organisers of the Headies have resolved to disqualify Mr Okikiola as a nominee at the forthcoming 15 Headies Awards,” the statement reads...Read more: https://www.crispng.com/headies-disqualifies-portable-over-threat-to-co-nomimees-incessant-controversies/