Several reactions have trailed the choice of Nigerian artiste Habeeb Olalomi Oyegbile popularly known as Portable for ‘Unbarred’ concert, organised by the Nigerian Bar Association.
The event which held yesterday at the Velodrome of the MKO Abiola Stadium, Lagos experienced a massive turn out of lawyers.
Earlier, a poster for the event stated that Timi Agbaje. DJ Skillz and Veentage Band expected to be the guest performers.p
However, contrary to the information on the poster, Portable turned out to be guest performer during the event.
Several Nigerian took to X (formerly Twitter) to express their thoughts on the performance of the controversial artiste at the NBA concert.
An X user, bearded_lawyah wrote, “I just want to see the genius at the Planning Committee meeting that thought it’d be a good idea to bring Portable to #Unbarred because if they aren’t high on Odogwu Bitters then they must be charge and bail lawyers because this thing no dey make sense no matter how you look am!”
Another user, marcel_great said, “As #NigBarAssoc has decided to embarrass the bar with their choice of artiste for the unbarred concert, let it be known that we will visit the issue during the next year’s election. What business does NBA have with Portable? #afamosigwe we will remind you.”
According to a report by, Metro Lawyer some lawyers walked out of the event on seeing Portable, others stayed behind to watch the singer perform.
Reacting to a purported video showing the alleged walkout by lawyers, @ndm01 said on Instagram, “I was here yesterday. This wasn’t about Portable. It was a breakout session on the ‘Rule of Law and the Military’… The Army General that anchored the Session denied ‘ENDSARS’ massacre and it was at that point that Lawyers in attendance staged this walkout.”
Truth Live News reports that Unbarred Concert is a live entertainment session organised for lawyers as part of the annual NBA conference.
‘Unbarred’ is the grand conference closing party usually held a day before the association’s annual general meeting.
2baba, Wande Coal, Teni, Bez, Brymo, Nini, Falz, Olamide and Ruger had performed at previous editions.