Following a recent confrontation at Port Harcourt International Airport, Nigerian artist Habeeb Okikiola, also known as Portable, has urged the government to ban prank videos.
Portable was reacting to a viral video in which he was dressed in beige and attempted to approach an unnamed guy amid a crowd of onlookers and airport staff.
Security personnel in blue uniforms can be seen restraining the musician and leading him away from the scene to a waiting car in the airport’s parking lot.
The 53-second video shows wild pushing and shoving, with one participant seeming barefoot and another brandishing what seems to be a belt or whip, while others gather to watch the mayhem develop.
The incident occurred on Sunday, according to multiple reports.
In a video response shared on his Instagram page on Monday, Portable broke his silence, claiming he was the victim of an attack by “death pranksters,” individuals who stage extreme pranks involving fake deaths for online content.
Speaking in a mix of English and Yoruba, he said, “Those people came to prank me. They were death pranksters. It almost turned to cultist level. 10 yellow no fit stand one blue,” referring to what appears to be a boast about his resilience.
He further alleged that the pranksters had spoiled his name through viral videos and asserted his trust in divine protection.
He posted, “Make Government stop all those Prankers And some fake Bloggers make them stop all this fake news post just because of small fame, why una dey spoil person wey get glory name with una Platforms.”
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