Just in: Court grants Portable bail

Habeeb Okikiola popularly known as ‘Portable’

Just in: Court grants Portable bail

Singer Portable has been granted bail by a court in Ogun State.

He was arraigned in court on Monday after his arrest on Friday for assaulting police officers at his bar in which one of them was reportedly injured.

Portable was granted bail in the sum of N300,000 and to provide two sureties with landed properties within the court vicinity.

The charges read, “That you, Badmus Habeeb Okikiola, m, a.k.a Portable, and others now at large on the 28th day of March, 2023 at 11am 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.

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“That you, Badmus Okikiola a.k.a 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’s Counsel, Adodo Destiny, had prayed the court to grant the defendant bail.

In his ruling on application for bail, Magistrate A.S Shoneye said the offences were bailable and granted him bail with bail bond of N300,000, two sureties who must reside within the jurisdiction of the court.

The court also declared the defendant be transferred to the Ilaro correctional centre, pending the fulfilment of his bail conditions.

The case was adjourned till April 26 for trial.