By Christian George
A controversial Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable has revealed that he failed to perform at Bola Tinubu’s renewed hope concert on Thursday because he was underpaid.
The singer, in a viral video on social media, claimed that the concert organisers offered him N5 million instead of the N10m that was billed for his performance.
In a mixture of pidgin and Yoruba, the Zazuu crooner said that he promoted Tinubu.
In a video he shared on Instagram, Portable said, “ZAzuu Them Dõn Rip Me oooh Na Me Sing Akoi TINUBU. Eja Loni Ibu. Give What Belongs To ZAZUU To ZAZUU.
“Na me sing Akoi Tinubu o. No be Obi una dey vote for? Tinubu enters now those useless people went to perform there, no be me promote Tinubu?
“That was what they called my manager. Saying they want me to perform in Abuja. And I was paid 10 million, but na five million, go reach my hand. That was why I disagreed, tore the paper and deleted the number. You dey whine, Jesus? Na hin no make me perform for Abuja o.”
However, other Nigerian artists, including Wande Coal, KCee among others added colour to the concert with their performance which the incoming president, Bola Tinubu and his vice, Kashim Shettima were in attendance.
