Portable honored with chieftaincy title

A monarch in Ogun has conferred a chieftaincy title on singer Habeeb Okikiola aka Portable.

Oba Olabode Thomas-Fagbayi, the Onitigbo of Tigbo-Ilu, Ota, said the singer deserves the honour—Amuudu of Tigbo Awori— because he was well behaved when he summoned him after a report of one of his many controversies that stirred a local primary school.

Portable took to his social media handles to announce his new title, sharing photos of himself at the ceremony.

Some Nigerians accused the monarch of collecting bribe to bestow the honor on Portable who they said was unbefitting of any title.

However, the monarch said he never knew the famous artist until recently and that he bestowed the title on him because he is respectful.

“I visited a school in my domain where I have gotten a report of misbehaviour among the pupils and students of the school. So, I went to the school to talk briefly with them,” he told Premium Times.

“It was there that I was told that somebody called Portable was passing through my domain and was throwing money at people, and in the process, many got injured.

“Because of that, I summoned him to my palace, and he came twice, but I wasn’t at the palace when he came. So, one day, I was walking on the road, and I saw him driving; I called for him, and he immediately came with his boys, and they all prostrated on the road.” he said

The monarch also said because the singer has his roots in Tigbo town, he deserves the title..

“His mum is from Tigbo, and he too lives here; he presented himself as a responsible person, and we take him as that. Some people might have reservations about him, but even at that, he is our son,” he said