Famotemi Toluwani Timothy, an Ekiti state-based disc jockey, was detained by EFCC agents from the Ilorin Zonal Command for allegedly impersonating a prominent hip-hop musician, Habeeb Okikiola, commonly known as Portable.
According to Wilson Uwujaren, the anti-graft agency's Head of Media and Publicity, he was detained on Thursday, September 29, 2022.
Timothy, a resident of Igede-Ekiti in Ekiti State's Ifelodun Local Government Area, allegedly made an Instagram account with the name "Zazu Omolalomi Portable" and claimed to be the singer.
According to the statement, the suspect contacted one of his victims, Adebayo Adedimeji Lukman, who runs a club in Offa, Kwara State, on social media and presented himself as "Portable" and bargained to perform at the club for the sum of N1m.