Nigerian singer Portable has accused some self-proclaimed middlemen of preventing him from receiving a verse from Grammy-winning singer Burna Boy.

In a video shared on X on Tuesday, the singer recounted how he received ₦20 million from Burna Boy after defeating Speed Darlington.

He said, “Burnaboy gave me N20m that time because I beat Speed Darlington, N10m first entered and they blocked my account and I used my woman’s account to collect it. The next morning another N10m entered and I have what I wanted to use it for. I took it and added money to buy car, they said they wanted to collect from it but I didn’t give anybody anything.”

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Portable continued, “I was the one that fought, I won N50m for defeating Speed Darlington based on me being a winner, that’s why he gave me N20m but please I’m begging for verse. Now because I didn’t give some people out the money, they’re now blocking me from getting verse from Burna Boy calling themselves middlemen.”

He also addressed the intermediaries directly, saying, “Are you Burna Boy? Are you the one who gave birth to him or are you his father? Burna Boy gave me the money from his heart, and for you to link me to Burna, you said no. Carry me to go and greet Burna and appreciate him. Since all these days, you’re there asking for middleman money, it won’t be well with all of you.”