Controversial singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has declared that he is a mad man undergoing treatment at the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta.
Portable made the statement on Tuesday while appealing to Nigerians and the Ogun State Government after being declared wanted by the state police command.
The Zazoo Zeh crooner was reportedly involved in an altercation with three officials from the Ogun State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, Ota Zonal Office: TPL Onabanjo Abidemi, TPL Raymond Lateef and TPL Ridwan Oyero Akinlesi.
The officials were carrying out an enforcement exercise at Oke-Osa, Tigbo Ilu Ota, Ogun State, when they encountered an elderly man later identified as Portable’s father at Odogwu Bar in the area.
According to the town planners, after introducing themselves and requesting the approved building plan, the older man informed them that Portable was unavailable.
However, moments later, the singer allegedly arrived armed with a firearm and other weapons, leading a gang of nine thugs in an attack on the unarmed officials.
A police statement said, “The enforcement officers sustained various bodily injuries but managed to escape and reported the incident to the Ota Area Command, which subsequently escalated the case to the State Criminal Investigation Department for further action.
“Nine accomplices were arrested, but Portable fled the scene and has since gone into hiding.”
Reacting to the police declaration, Portable took to Instagram in a series of rants, claiming he was being set up for wearing a vest bearing the image of Senator Adeola Solomon, popularly known as Yayi.
He also insisted that he was mentally ill and receiving treatment at Aro Hospital.
“I fear government. I am a federal government liability. Then I’m a madman; I have medications that I usually take. You can confirm from Aro Hospital. I have a card that certifies me as one of their patients.
“I am from Abeokuta and they are taking care of me there. I am not a thief, I help people around me without even looking at their background,” he said.
