Portable granted bail, as Court adjourned case.

A High Court in Ifo, Ogun State, has granted bail to singer Habeeb Okikiola, better known as Portable.

According to reports, Portable was taken into jail by police on Friday, March 31, 2023, following a confrontation with them at his pub, during which one of them allegedly sustained injuries.

Following that, the singer was presented in court on Monday.

Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Force’s public relations officer, had previously stated that the artist will be charged with more than six offenses.

It was learned that Portable had been given bail in the amount of N300,000 and was required to provide two sureties who owned landed properties close to the court.

The charges against portable read, “That you, Badmus Habeebat Okikiola, M, A.KA 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.

“That you, Badmus Okikiola A.KA 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.

Adodo Destiny, the attorney for Portable, had asked the judge to release the defendant on bail.

In a judgement on his attorney’s request for bail, Magistrate A.S. Shoneye stated that the offenses were bailable and granted him bail with a bond of N300,000 and two sureties who had to live within the court’s territorial jurisdiction.

Nonetheless, the court decided that the defendant should go to the Ilaro Correctional Facility while his bail conditions were being satisfied.