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Portable Squeezes Wads of N1k Note Into the Hand of a Hawker Who Visited His Bar, Video Trends
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Portable Squeezes Wads of N1k Note Into the Hand of a Hawker Who Visited His Bar, Video Trends

by  Chinasa Afigbo 2 min read
  • Nigerian singer Habeeb Olalomi Oyegbile, popularly known as Portable, made headlines once more for his generosity
  • The Zazu act was touched by the story of a hawker who stopped at his bar in Ogun state
  • The video captured Portable bringing out squeezed, piled notes of N1000 to give the young man that it almost looked like he wanted to empty his pockets

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Nigerian singer Habeeb Olalomi Oyegbile, popularly known as Portable, warmed the hearts of many with a beautiful video of him generously showering a street vendor with all the money he had in his pocket.

The moving video struck a chord with viewers, generating admiration and applause from his fans and followers.

Portable gifts hawker money
Portable Portable almost gives all his money to a hawker Credit: @portablebaby
Source: Instagram

Portable was seen changing the colour of his hair and asking a young boy questions about his family and school.

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The Nigerian musician was touched by the young man's story and decided to give him almost all the money he had.

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In his caption, he wrote:

"Who go help you no go rip you."

See his post below:

Netizens react to Portable’s video

While some applauded Portable, others said it was a PR stunt because of his ex-signee, Young Duu's new song. Legit.ng compiled their reactions below:

jerryclefadam:

"This man go really tey for limelight cos he who helps doesn’t even know the kind of creator of person wea hin dea help.And he fit be just one person wea hin don give just 1k pere go Dea make am dea shine Dea golife no be Yoruba but life deep rich man pikin go think say nah Story book I copy and paste."

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olex_btc:

"If you don stream Oyimo today like this comment."

jamsrock:

"Portable no fit go down make una cry in silence."

luxbynetcho:

"Everybody can hate you and judge how you do things or where you’re from, some will even judge how you talk, but guess what? HOD LOVES YOU AND WILL JEEP BLESSING YOU!"

dave_boosie:

"Oga forget all this pr stunt. Yung duu done blow and u go cry tire."

Portable gets 1st international award nomination

Meanwhile, Portable has been nominated for an international award for the first time in his career.

The controversial act received words of congratulations from his followers as he took to social media to share flyers of the announcement.

Portable competes in the Best New Artist category for the 9th Africa Entertainment Awards USA with several other outstanding acts.

Source: Legit.ng

Authors:
Chinasa Afigbo avatar

Chinasa Afigbo (Editor) Chinasa Afigbo is a pop culture/music journalist and content writer with over four years of experience in other mainstream media organisations, including Vanguard Media and Guardian Life. She holds a degree in Information Management Technology from the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO). She also moved on to pursue courses in writing & media communications. Chinasa has also been published in other Intl journals, like The African Report. Reach her at: chinasa.afigbo@corp.legit.ng.

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