‘My Instagram account was created for fraud’ – Singer Portable reveals

Controversial Nigerian musician, Portable, has revealed that he originally created his Instagram page with the intent to scam people.  

Speaking during a car ride with content creator Egungun of Lagos, Portable was asked about the name Elizabeth Joyce, which appears on his Instagram profile.

In response, the singer disclosed that he set up the account while trying to learn Yahoo Yahoo (internet fraud) before rising to fame in the music industry.

Narrating how his dream of becoming a ‘Yahoo boy’ was halted, he said, “To be honest with you, I created an Instagram account when I wanted to learn Yahoo Yahoo (internet fraud).

“That was why I initially opened the account, but it didn’t work out. I later went back to edit the account, and removed the foreigner’s picture from it when I heard that people were looking for me online because I had become successful. Na working account.”

News360 Nigeria reports that in December 2021, Portable rose to fame with his hit single ‘Zazoo Zeh’. Since then, he has remained in the public eye for controversial reasons.