‘I’m under spiritual attack, Nigerians help me’

Lower than 48 hours after the Ogun State Police Command declared controversial singer Habeeb ‘Moveable’ Okikiola needed, he has damaged his silence.

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that the 30-year-old singer was declared needed for allegedly assaulting officers of the Ogun State Planning and Growth Allow Authority (OGPDPA).

In accordance with the police, he ignored a number of invites after 9 of his protégés had been arrested and arraigned earlier than an Abeokuta Justice of the Peace Courtroom.

Responding to the declaration in a video posted on his Instagram web page on Tuesday, the ‘Spider-Man’ crooner raised the alarm, claiming “he doesn’t need to die the best way the federal government killed his mom.”

Talking from hiding, the place he has remained for the previous eleven days, Moveable additional acknowledged that he was psychologically unstable and present process medical therapy.

The Ogun-born singer stated: “I’m a toddler of the federal government. Sure, I’m a madman, however I’ve been receiving therapy. You’ll be able to verify this from the Ogun State Psychiatric Hospital—I’m a affected person there, and I take prescribed drugs. Let the madman be; he is aware of the place he’s going. I’ve been in ache since beginning.

“I don’t need to die the best way the federal government killed my mom. My mom misplaced her life when Olusegun Obasanjo was president, and Gbenga Daniel was governor of Ogun State. It occurred when the federal government needed to assemble roads and demolish a number of homes. My mom stood her floor, and in consequence, she was attacked. Now, the identical factor is going on to me in Sango.”

Assist

Moreover, the ‘Zazzu Zeh’ crooner urged Nigerians to intervene in his ongoing dispute with the federal government.

He insisted that he had by no means been impolite to the federal government, emphasising that he at all times held them in excessive regard.

This newspaper realized that Moveable had appealed to President Bola Tinubu to induce Governor Dapo Abiodun to unseal his constructing and forgive him.

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“Nigerians, that is the time I want your assist essentially the most. Nigerians, please assist me. You’re the ones who invite me for reveals, and it’s from that cash that I purchased the properties that the state authorities has now sealed. Why is it that I solely face issues in Nigeria? I’m a musician—not a thief, assassin, or fraudster.

“To my followers, I’m not a nasty particular person. I’ve by no means been impolite to the federal government, however I concern them as a result of, after God, they maintain the ability. Let me inform the reality—what I’m going through is a religious assault. Some individuals are attacking me as a result of I purchased their homes and lands, however I’ve but to finish the fee, and I’ve not collected the paperwork”, he added.

Background

This newspaper reported that the Ogun Police Command had beforehand declared Moveable needed for varied offences, together with menace to life and destruction of property.

His most notable case occurred in June 2022 when he was given a 48-hour ultimatum to give up to the Ogun Police Command for assaulting a disc jockey.

In the meantime, police spokesperson Omolola Odutola acknowledged that he has now been declared needed on fees of conspiracy, unlawful possession of arms, and tried homicide.

She added that the officers’ bodily accidents and Moveable’s refusal to honour police invites escalated the case to the State Legal Investigation Division (SCID) for additional motion.