Star singer Habeeb Okikola who is popularly known as Portable keeps getting in the news for the wrong reasons since he came to limelight in late 2021. The current reason he is trending again was that he made a claim on Sunday through his now-deleted Instagram post that he is one of the founding members of the one Million boys criminal group and also the Ajah boys cult gang; notorious Lagos-based criminal cult groups that engage in robbery and all form of social vices in the Lagos suburb.
The one million boys is a very dangerous and dreaded group in Lagos and their activities came to the limelight in late 2020, at the peak of the Covid 19 lockdown, as their modus operandi is sending a prior notice to an area that they plan to attack and paste the notice around the neighborhood informing the neighborhood or the household to prepare for their visitation and keep money and other valuables for them and they also make a threat that if the occupants of the house dare inform the law enforcement agents about their coming or show any form of resistance they will kill everybody in the household.
They are these deadly that they can carry out these threats if their demands are not met so people especially those living in Surulere and its environs were literally living at their mercy and the mention of one million boys still give most of their victims post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) till today because of the ordeal they passed through in their hands.
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That is why there was a wild reaction as the popular singer, Portable openly declared that he and some other people he mentioned formed the One million boys gang as people quickly contacted the law enforcement agencies, and some even sent a proper petition against the Zazu singer.
Portable although known for making uncensored public utterances while people sweep it under the carpet and tag it “cruise” as he is fond of saying all sort of nonsense in the name of cruise seems to have bitten more than he can chew this time around as people including his fans and followers refused to let this go.
For someone to openly declare that he is the founder of one of the deadliest cult groups in Lagos state is something that will never be taken lightly, be it a joke or cruise, he will never recover from a cruise even if after investigation it was discovered that it was the normal uncouth statements he’s always making. There are things that should never be joked about or cruised over and claiming to be the founder of a cult group is one of those things considering the level of havoc cultism has caused in Nigeria.
The police authorities immediately swung into action as the Inspector General of police mandated the Commissioner of police of Lagos state to investigate the claim of the star singer of being the founder of the one million boys notorious gang group.
Due to the havoc cultism has caused in many Nigerian cities and communities, cultism as a serious crime in Nigeria carries grave punishments. There have been a series of laws that constantly increase the punishment of cultism in Nigeria
It should be mentioned that in 2021, the Lagos state lawmakers passed the Lagos state Anti cultism bill which was assented to by the governor of the state. This law provides for a jail term of 21 years for anyone found to be a member of a cult group or solicits for members of an unlawful society. The same punishment goes for persons who attend meetings of a cult group as well as those who carry out acts capable of endangering the lives of residents.
The probable fate of Portable being the founder of a cult group is after investigation and his claims are true he will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law and he will likely be jailed for the period of 21 years.