The Ogun State Government has shown disdain over the actions displayed by controversial singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, towards the officials of the State Planning and Development Permit Authority (OGPDPA).
According to reports, the singer and some of his associates had attacked the government officials at Portable’s bar in the Iyana Ilogbo area of Sango Ota while carrying out their duties.
Speaking on the development in a statement on Friday, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Information and Strategy, Kayode Akinmade, described Portable as a “serial dissident and unrepentant rascal” who’s infamous for assaulting government officials without provocation.
Akinmade said the latest attack orchestrated by Portable and his cohorts against government officials who were on their lawful assignment in the area was unacceptable and barbaric.
He noted that the singer’s repeated acts of violence had become intolerable, causing panic and chaos in the area.
He said, “We are profoundly taken aback by the unpleasant and uncivil act of the Hip-hop artiste, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly as Portable on Wednesday, in Iyana- Ilogbo area of the State where is bar is located.
“The way in which Portable and some set of miscreants he employed in the dastardly act attacked the officials of the OGPDPA is not only bizarre but a confirmation of erosion of Omoluabi ethos in those individuals and indeed a great disgrace to the state.
“Governor Dapo Abiodun totally condemned this primitive and indecent act and reiterated his avowed commitment to just and egalitarian society as he is ready to make any individual flouting the extant law of the land to face the full wrath of the law irrespective of social status and influence. “