After making an appearance before an Ogun State Magistrate’s Court in Ifo, controversial singer Habeeb Okikiola, better known by his stage name Portable, was granted bail.
The artist had been detained at the police station since Friday after refusing to answer several summonses and putting up a struggle during the arrest.
When he appeared in court on Monday, Portable pleaded not guilty to all of the accusations made against him.
The charges reads in part, “That you Badmus Habeeb Okikiola, aka Portable, and others now at large on the 28″ day of March 2023 at 11:00hrs at Odogwu Bar, Oke-Osa, Ilogbo, Ifo in the Ifo Magisterial District, did willfully cause or inflict physical injury on one Inspector Hammed Moshood ‘m’ with your elbow on his nose, which caused blood to gush out from his nose and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 4 (1) of the Violence against persons & Prohibition Laws of Ogun State of Nigeria, 2017.
“That you Badmus Habeeb Okikiola, M. aka Portable, on the same date, time and place in the aforementioned Magisterial District did resist to be arrested by Inspector Hammed Moshood ‘m’, ASP Gregory Iyoha ‘m’, ASP Kunle Badmus ‘m’ after serving you with Police Invitation Letter on the 20 day of January, 2023 for the offences you committed when they were about to discharge their duty with warrant of arrest on you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 197 of the Criminal Code Laws of Ogun State of Nigeria, 2006.”
He was, however, granted bail by the court.
Following his arraignment in Ota Magistrate court today, April 3, 2023, Controversial Nigerian artiste Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known online as Portable, is a topic of discussion.
As previously reported by Intel Region, Portable was detained at the State Command, Eleweran, Abeokuta, after being apprehended by the Ogun State police command on Friday, March 31.
This follows the internet’s discovery of two videos of the artist cursing and roughhousing a few Nigerian policemen.
The police issued the singer a 72-hour ultimatum, which expired on Friday, because they were upset with the singer’s behavior toward the officers.
Following a video of Portable’s arrest at the Ogun-State police command, another trending video has emerged online in which the singer appears humble, looking downward in a continuous manner after being arraigned at Ota Magistrate Court in Ogun-State.
See reactions below;
ceo_dbclothing: Owo palaba Olopa mu ogbeni onisowo orin ti a mo si portable 😂😂.
atomacoofficial: You want to arrest a Celebrity 😂😂😂.
princess_of_nigeria_: This is the right thing to do, nobody is above the law, be it a celebrity or not. But I’m still wondering why MC Oluomo has not been arrested and charged after issuing threats to Nigerians and carried it out.
mrsaproko9ja: Tinubu need to come save am………. this means law no know who be igbo hausa or yoruba. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏.
defygravityimole: The way we humans celebrate each other failures and misdeeds…we surely deserve each other,even the devil Tuale for we humans nowadays.
defygravityimole: The way we humans celebrate each other failures and misdeeds…we surely deserve each other,even the devil Tuale for we humans nowadays.
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