Nigerian singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has claimed that he received ₦100 million from Ogun West Senator Solomon Adeola in appreciation of his participation in campaign activities for the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The controversial singer announced the alleged payment in a video circulating on social media on Friday, where he displayed what appeared to be a bank alert confirming the transaction.
Portable was seen wearing an APC-branded shirt and a cap bearing the inscription of Adeola, popularly known as Yayi.
In the video, the singer also acknowledged businessman IBD Dende, whom he credited alongside the senator for the alleged payment.
According to Portable, Adeola instructed that the money be transferred to him in recognition of his involvement in the party’s campaign activities ahead of the 2027 general elections.
“My dearest fans! I just woke up to an alert of N100m from Yayi! IBD Dende, oga mi! God bless you. Thank you! Yayi instructed them to send me the money,” he said.
The singer explained that he had earlier been informed that the senator was looking for him but initially suspected that the information was another attempt to deceive him.
Portable added that he had previously received promises of financial rewards for participating in political campaign activities but did not receive the money.
Expressing excitement over the alleged payment, he prayed for Adeola and Dende, describing ₦100 million as a substantial amount.
DAILY POST recalls that Portable had previously publicly acknowledged receiving money for participating in APC campaign activities in support of President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 general elections.
NDC Accuses APC Supporters of Attacking Members in Lagos
Meanwhile, the Lagos State Publicity Secretary of the New Democratic Congress, Olushile Akinyemi, has accused suspected political thugs of attacking party supporters during a town hall meeting in the Oregun area of Ikeja.
Akinyemi made the disclosure on Friday while appearing on Breakfast Central, a programme on News Central Television.
Saturday PUNCH reports that suspected political thugs attacked NDC supporters on Thursday during the town hall meeting.
The attackers, reportedly armed with cutlasses, cudgels and stones, invaded the venue, destroyed chairs and forced participants to flee.
The incident reportedly escalated into a confrontation as some NDC supporters resisted the attackers by throwing chairs at them.
Speaking during the television programme, Akinyemi alleged that the party’s Lagos East senatorial candidate, Adeola, sustained a serious injury during the attack.
He said, “I should put it on record that our senatorial candidate for Lagos East, Adeola, had his leg broken during the mayhem. He is currently in hospital as I speak.”
Akinyemi further alleged that NDC supporters travelling from Ojo Local Government Area in three branded vehicles were attacked by suspected thugs at Opebi before reaching the town hall meeting venue.
According to him, the attackers damaged the vehicles and stole personal belongings, including mobile phones belonging to party members.
He, however, disclosed that some of the stolen phones were later recovered through the intervention of the APC chairman in Ikeja Local Government Area.
Akinyemi said the APC chairman arrived at the scene in an APC-branded Sienna bus, approached the NDC members to establish what had happened and subsequently made efforts to recover the stolen devices.
He added that less than an hour later, some NDC members were contacted and handed their recovered phones.
“But the funny thing was that we recovered the phones. The APC chairman in Ikeja Local Government recovered those phones for us,” Akinyemi said.
NDC National Publicity Secretary Condemns Attack
Reacting to the incident, the NDC National Publicity Secretary, Osa Director, described the attack as unfortunate and unwarranted.
In an interview with Saturday PUNCH, Director accused the APC of engaging in what he described as barbaric politics.
He said the attacks against NDC members in Lagos were evidence of what he called the ruling party’s desperation and undemocratic political practices.
“The attacks perpetrated against our members in Lagos State are unfortunate and unwarranted. The hard-earned, ruinous APC is planning to destroy our hard-earned democracy by their desperation and demonic politics of barbarism,” he said.
Lagos APC Denies Involvement in Attack
Meanwhile, the Lagos State chapter of the APC condemned the attack on Thursday while rejecting allegations linking the ruling party to the incident.
The Lagos APC State Publicity Secretary, Seye Oladejo, described the allegations as baseless.
He challenged the opposition party to provide credible evidence to security agencies instead of making public accusations against the ruling party.
The incident has further heightened political tension in Lagos as political parties prepare for activities ahead of the 2027 general elections.