The organisers of the Headies Award have threatened, that Portable might get disqualified for the threat to life, after the singer vowed to kill his co-nominees, of the same category of the 2022 edition.
The organisers who are not happy with Portable made this known in a statement on its verified Instagram page on Friday.
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Hiddengist reports that Portable was nominated to contest in the ‘Rookie of the Year and ‘Best Street-Hop Artiste’ categories when The Headies unveiled the nominees for its 2022 edition on Tuesday.
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Other nominees e in the ‘Rookie of the Year category include Av, Fave, Magixx, and Ugocci.
For the second category, he is pitted against Bella Shmurda, Mohbad, Naira Marley, and Goya Menor among others.
Portable the ‘Zazuu’ crooner took to his Instagram page to make a threat to whoever wins the 2022 Headies Award over him.
And according to the controversial singer, if he fails to win, he will kill whoever beats him to the awards.
However, not being pleased with Portable’s statement, organisers of the awards in a swift response said:
“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 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 is hereby implored to disregard the video and stop the dissemination of the same in the public space,” The Headies noted.