{"id":120643,"date":"2025-07-15T02:46:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T01:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=120643"},"modified":"2025-07-15T02:46:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T01:46:41","slug":"portable-mourns-buhari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/portable-mourns-buhari\/","title":{"rendered":"Portable Mourns Buhari"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Oscar Okhifo<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Controversial Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has reacted to the death of former President Muhammadu Buhari, describing the late leader as the one who ordered the shooting of peaceful protesters during the #EndSARS protest at the Lekki Toll Gate, Lagos in 2020.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a video shared on social media following Buhari\u2019s passing on Sunday in London, the Zazu crooner expressed both sorrow and anger over the former president\u2019s legacy.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe man that said they should shoot our people at the Lekki Toll Gate is dead,\u201d Portable said in the video.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Continuing , the singer said, \u201cHe was the one that ordered the shooting, not Tinubu. He died in London.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Portable\u2019s remarks revisit the dark memory of October 20, 2020, when soldiers allegedly opened fire on unarmed #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Toll Plaza in Lagos. The incident, which drew widespread international condemnation, left several people dead. 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