The Headies disqualify Portable for threatening to kill other nominees

Organisers of The Headies Awards 2022 edition have disqualified singer, Portable for threatening to kill other nominees in the same category.

The Headies officially disqualifiesdMr Habeeb Okikiola ( @portablebaeby ) from its 15th nominees’ list on Tuesday to further pass a strong message of not condoning reckless and uncouth statements.

The music industry demands all-round excellence, and it is extremely important for young artists being potential role models to exude professional responsibility, proper decorum and have respect for others.

Recall that the organisers of Headies Awards had threatened to disqualify fast-rising Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable for threatening to kill his co-nominees of its 2022 edition.

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.

Other nominees e in the ‘Rookie of the Year’ category include Av, Fave, Magixx, and Ugocci.

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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.