By Abimbola Ogunnaike
Controversial Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has explained why he exhumed his mother’s body for reburial.
Recall that the ‘Zazu’ exponent recently exhumed his mother’s body and reburied her.
Speaking in a viral video trending on X platform, Portable explained that he exhumed her body because the land where she was buried was sold.
“I lost my mother at the age of 13. I exhumed her body and reburied her because they sold the land where she was initially buried,” the singer said, revealing that he wants to build a mansion at the place where he reburied his mother.
The singer always bragged about his wealth, saying he is a low-key millionaire and owns about 30 mansions scattered across Lagos and Ogun states.
According to him, he said he engages in a lot of philanthropic works because the more he gives to the poor, the richer he gets.
Portable, who spoke on the Afrobeats Podcast hosted by Adesope Olajide last year, said the music industry is very lucrative. He likened “music money” to money ritual.
“I’m a superstar, man of the people. People come to me for aid and I have to give them because the more I give them, the more I blow.
“I have a lot of money. The amount of money I spray… I’m not normal but I get 30 mansions. I have houses in Abule-Egba, Ikeja, Sango-Otta, and Abeokuta. I just bought the houses down because of tomorrow. Nobody knows that I’m the owner of those houses,” Portable said.
He said he is richer than most of his colleagues who he met in the industry, claiming that most of them flaunt “fake lifestyles” on social media.
