Court grants Portable bail

Habeeb Okikiola, the controversial singer popularly known as
Portable, on Monday appeared before an Ogun State Magistrate’s Court sitting in
Ifo.

Portable was detained at the police headquarters on Friday
after ignoring many invites.

When he appeared before the court on Monday, Portable
pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him.

Part of that charges read: “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.”

Portable was also accused of assaulting one of his boys.

He has since been granted bail.

More to follow…