Crimes

Alleged assault: Police interrogate Portable in Ogun

The Ogun State Police Command has interrogated popular Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola, well known as Portable, for allegedly alleged assaulting his former Disc Jockey, identified as DJ Chicken.

The command had last Monday ordered the ‘Zazu Zeh’ crooner to report himself to a nearest police station in the state or risk being arrested.

The command’s spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement, described the alleged assault as barbaric.

However, Oyeyemi, in a statement issued on Thursday, said Portable has been interrogated on the alleged assault on DJ Chicken.

The police spokesperson disclosed that the singer reported at the Ogun State Police Headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, the state capital at about 5pm on Wednesday with his father and manager.

He stated: “The Ogun State Police Command wishes to inform the general public that the hip-hop artist Habib Okikiola a.k.a Portable who was requested to report himself at the nearest police station over a viral video where he was seen ordering a group of boys to beat up one boy simply identified as D.J Chicken has reported at the command’s headquarters Eleweran on Wednesday 29th of June 2022.

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“He was immediately ordered to be taken to the public complain bureau office by the commissioner of police, CP Lanre Bankole, where he was interrogated about his role in the assault melted to the boy in the video.”

Oyeyemi added that Portable was later granted bail after the interrogation.

“However, since the offence committed is a bailable one, and couple with the strike action embarked upon by the civil servants in the state which also affected our courts, the suspect was released to a reliable surety.

“However, since the offence committed is a bailable one, and coupled with the strike action embarked upon by the civil servants in the state which also affected our courts, the suspect was released to a reliable surety who promised to produce him anytime he is needed.

“Meanwhile, the assaulted victim has also been invited to come and state his own side of the story to enable the command complete her investigation on time,” the police spokesman stated.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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