By Blessing Udeobasi
The organisers of 2022 Headies Awards have threatened to disqualify Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola, better known as Portable if he fails to apologise for saying he’d kill his co-nominees should they win the award against him.
This is following the nomination list unveiled on Tuesday where he bagged two nominations, the ‘Rookie of the Year’ and ‘Best Street-Hop Artiste’ alongside other artists.
Reacting to the nominations, the singer posted a video on his Instagram page bragging that he is the most deserved nominee claiming that all the tribes in Nigeria play his songs and therefore would kill if his award is given to another person.
For the first award category, ‘Rookie of the Year’, Portable was nominated alongside Av, Fave, Magixx, and Ugocci. While in the second category, he is up against Bella Shmurda, Mohbad, Naira Marley, and Goya Menor among others.
The award organizers have now responded to the viral video in a statement issued on Friday, saying they might be forced to disqualify the singer if he fails to retract his statement and issue an apology on his Instagram page.
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They also admonished the general public to disregard the video adding that they have reported the issue to the police.
“We have notified the Nigeria police of Mr. Okokiola’s actions to fellow nominees. Also, demand for the immediate retraction of the video as well as a written apology to nominees in both categories and to The Headies has been made.
“Should Mr. Okikiola fail to meet our demands, we will not only disqualify him from participating in The Headies but also enforce the instrumentality of the law.
“The general public are hereby implored to disregard the video and stop the dissemination of the same in the public space,” the statement read in part.
