Portable in CourtThe magistrate court has granted controversial Nigerian singer Habeeb Okikiola, also known as Portable, bail. He will be held at the Correctional Facility in Ilaro pending the completion of the bail condition and the payment of N300,000.
The case has been postponed until April 26.
PRISTINEGIST discovered that Portable had been charged with six counts of assault and theft of musical instruments by the Ogun State Police Command.
Remember that Portable would likely be charged with more than six offenses related to an alleged assault and his inciting remarks against police, according to the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi.
He will face legal charges for assaulting a man in Ota who had petitioned CP Ogun, according to Adejobi.
There are numerous unresolved cases of attacks and assaults against people, and he will be looked into as a result of complaints.
There is no sentiment in the law, so let him show up in court and let the judge hear the accusations against him. In any case, he lacks constitutional immunity.
The singer’s troubles with the law allegedly began last week when he claimed in an Instagram Live video that police had attacked his pub in Sango Ota at the behest of an online con artist.
Once the video went viral and caused some internet controversy, the musician was invited to the Ogun State Police Command’s headquarters.
Nonetheless, Portable made the decision to disregard the police’s repeated invitations, stating that they were unnecessary because he earns his money “legitimately.”
The 29-year-old also described himself as “a liability to the federal government.”
The artist was detained by the police on Friday after the police’s 72-hour deadline for him to turn himself in had passed.
