Breaking: Court grants Portable bail

The Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ifo, Ogun State, on Monday, April 3 granted bail to famous singer, Habeeb Okikiola, fondly called Portable.

The Star had earlier reported that the Ogun State Police Command arraigned Portable on a three-count charge bothering on alleged assault.

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 and Prohibition Laws of Ogun State of Nigeria, 2017.

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“That you Badmus Habeeb Okikiola, 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, who pleaded “not guilty” to all the charges preferred against him by the police, was later granted bail of N300,000 with two sureties from his immediate family.

The Magistrate also ordered the singer to fulfil the bail condition before leaving the court premises.

The Star