Why I slapped pastor preaching at my bar – Portable

By Taiwo Okanlawon

Controversial Nigerian musician, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable has tendered his apology after physically assaulting a pastor who came to preach at his bar.

The singer had a few days ago caught on camera slapping a preacher in front of his popular bar, ‘Odogwu Bar’.

Following the attack, Portable faced backlash from netizens’ and other preachers who threatened to take action against him for assaulting a man of God.

However, addressing the controversy in a video he shared in the midnight on Monday, the singer attributed his actions to past experience.

While begging God for forgiveness, he explained that he attacked the preacher because he thought he was there to cause him spiritual harm.

“My fans, community issues are different from that of the street. May God forgive me. I didn’t know he was a genuine man of God. If I knew I wouldn’t have slapped him.

“I’m also a child of God. I’m human, I’m not perfect. I am an orphan. They have harmed my sister through this same strategy.”