Controversial Nigerian singer, Portable, has reacted after claiming that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) invited him over allegations of naira abuse.
Gatekeepers News reports that the singer, whose real name is Habeeb Okikiola, shared a video online where he questioned why he was being invited while others accused of similar acts were not facing the same treatment.
Portable claimed he was being unfairly targeted and warned that people could protest if anything happened to him.
“Tompolo stepped on money but because I carried bundles of money, you wrote a letter to me. You people have written a letter to problem.
Protest will happen if anything happens to me. I am Yoruba boy. Igbo and Hausa will spray money at parties, you would not arrest them,” he said.
The singer also said he had done nothing wrong and insisted that he was not involved in fraud or any criminal activity.
“But you people will see Yoruba people and want to carry them. Do not worry, that protest that I said I would not do, I will do it. Nothing must happen to me. If anything happens to me, Nigeria will divide, Nigeria will scatter. I am a Yoruba boy and a proud one. What did I do? I did not steal, I did not sleep with your wives, I did not join bandits.
“You are writing a letter. I did not do fraud, I did not do anything. You red uniformed officers, everywhere will become blue, protest would happen.
“Leave me alone, I said I do not want to be violent anymore, you are the ones writing letter to me.”
Portable also called on President Bola Tinubu, claiming that some people were trying to bring him down because he supports the President.
He said the money he spends comes from his music career and shows performed in Nigeria and abroad, adding that he also receives payments through cryptocurrency.
“Hello daddy Tinubu, our minds are no longer at rest. My mind is no longer at rest, they have written letter to problem. Is it because I am supporting and campaigning for Tinubu? They want to wreck me. I did not do fraud, I did not collect false money, it is music money l am collecting,” he added.
“It is music that is paying, l am a singer by profession and that is what I am using to brag. I do not do fraud or scam, I have BTC and crypto and I use them to collect payment for shows. I went to London, America, Germany, Canada and I succeeded, why is it Nigeria that wants to wreck me?”
“Because I carried mint notes and bragging with it, should I not brag at my child’s naming ceremony? They have now written a letter to me, what should I come and do? You people would pay me before I come anywhere. You people should come and kill me and see if Nigeria would not scatter, you red uniformed officers.”
“I am not running anywhere, I am in my house, I am securing my family. You people cannot keep oppressing us. Bandits are spraying money, stepping on it, killing children and you people did not write a letter to them. It is Zazuu, God’s child you are writing a letter to.”
EFCC has not publicly confirmed the alleged invitation. However, the agency has continued its crackdown on naira abuse, investigating and prosecuting several celebrities and public figures over the offence.
