The performance of singer Portable at the ‘Unbarred’ concert, organised by the Nigerian Bar Association, has caused a stir on social media.
During an NBA concert for lawyers in Abuja, Portable was called to perform on stage and the reaction that greeted his arrival was everything but welcoming.
The lawyers who were seated for the event immediately took to their heels when he started performing. A lot of them wore expressions of disdain as they left with many stating that he was not the appropriate artist for such a prestigious event.
His performance also caused a lot of ruckus in the event area, disrupting the earlier organization of the concert. Portable is yet to make a statement on the people’s obvious disapproval of him and his performance.
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Below are some reactions of netizens concerning his performance;
One berniceben1985 had this to say,
“They did the right thing, you can imagine an artiste like Portable performing there, if they make pim, my guy go change am for them. Everybody cannot be mad at the same time.
“Why una sef go carry portable come lawyers gathering 2 …when no be Eyo festival .”.
One dammy Jay had this to say,
“Dem don dey run for portable again 3) Shey he dey smell niks)”
One sir walteromoruyi had this to say
“If the organizers are not st*pid. Of all the artists in Nigeria is portable they could afford. It’s a big shame on NBA”
One Michelle had this to say,
“Dem dey fear make the guy no pounce on them…anything can happen”
One focus.231 had this to say,
“Why reasonable human being will be listening to portable song…… They’re educated now & le i never use my subscription download any portable useless song”
One the elm hell had this to say,
Lawyers dey do something.. dem no con see any artists call but Portable? Dem gan sef
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An X user, bearded_lawyah said, “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.”
However, Metro Lawyer reports that though 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.”
The Unbarred Concert is a live entertainment session organised for lawyers as part of the annual NBA conference.
It is the grand conference closing party and is 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.
