Court has granted Portable bail.
Glamtush reports that singer Habeeb Okikiola popularly known as Portable has been granted bail by a High Court in Ifo, Ogun State.
This online newspaper reports that Portable landed in police custody on Friday, March 31, after his engagement with police officers at his bar, during which one of them was allegedly injured.
Portable was detained at the police headquarters on Friday after ignoring many invites after the incident.
The singer was subsequently arraigned in court on Monday.
The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, had said the controversial singer would face more than six charges in court.
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.
