Portable Demands DNA Test Before Child Support For Ashabi’s Children
Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has demanded DNA tests for his two children with actress Akinyanju Omobolarinde, popularly known as Ashabi Simple, before taking responsibility for their upkeep.
Portable made the demand in an Instagram Story on Friday, saying he needed the DNA tests before he could take care of the children because he did not trust their mother.
“Now I need DNA test asap so i can take care of those kids because I do not trust their mother. I cannot take care of another man child,” he wrote.
The singer’s demand came amid an ongoing dispute with Ashabi over the welfare and financial support of their children.
In a voice note circulated online, Portable also questioned the paternity of the children and said he wanted them taken to a hospital for DNA testing before providing further financial support.
He questioned Ashabi’s alleged movements during their relationship, saying she would sometimes be away from their home for several days because of film shoots.
Portable said the physical resemblance between him and the children was not enough to establish that he was their biological father.
“Forget that the babies look like me, we were living together so the babies can look like me due to that,” he said in the recording.
Street Pop Artist, Portable, and estranged lover, Ashabi Simple
The singer’s demand followed Ashabi’s accusation that he had failed to provide adequate financial support for their children and her reported threat to involve the police over their welfare.
In screenshots shared on her Instagram page, Ashabi claimed that between January and September, Portable had given N200,000 towards the upkeep of their two children.
She also claimed that she had paid their school fees for three terms and had been responsible for feeding and clothing the children.
“I sha don give you Enough time to be responsible
January to September u gave.2kids 200k.Have paid for 3 term school fees for them each. I Have been feeding them all alone and clothing them,” she wrote.
Ashabi said she had contacted Portable because she wanted him to take responsibility for the children’s welfare.
She added that she would stop repeatedly contacting him over their upkeep but expected him to be responsible for the children.
In another screenshot of their alleged conversation, Portable reportedly told Ashabi to either take care of the children herself or hand them over to him.
“Give me those kids or take care of them yourself,” he said.
Ashabi, in her Instagram post, accused Portable of refusing to be accountable for their children’s welfare.
“Online warrior, your fans will push you to canal. I do not really care about you but that you won’t be accountable and responsible for your children welfare, I am not just ready for you because I respect your people that was why I chatted you,” she wrote.
She also responded to an apparent allegation involving charms, writing, “Why would I use charm on a finished man, I do not have the time.”
Portable, meanwhile, rejected Ashabi’s reported suggestion that they put their differences aside for the sake of their children, saying, “You are my enemy for life.”
He also made comments about Ashabi’s health and personal life in the voice note, including remarks concerning her alleged fibroids.
The latest dispute has played out publicly on social media, with both parties sharing messages and allegations concerning their relationship and the welfare of their children.
