Controversial street-hop artist Habeeb Okikiola, widely known as Portable, has been sentenced to three months imprisonment by an Ogun State Chief Magistrate Court in Ifo Local Government Area.
Alternatively, the court provided an option of paying a ₦30,000 fine.The musician was convicted on charges of assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest.
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According to court records, Portable was taken into custody in March 2023 after physically attacking a police inspector and interfering with officers who were attempting to serve him with an arrest warrant.
Police Prosecutor Inspector Olumide Awoleke presented evidence to the court showing that Okikiola committed these offenses on November 18, 2022, at around 11:00 am in the Okeosa, Ilogbo area within the Ifo Magisterial District.
This conviction adds to the series of legal troubles that have followed the “Zazu” crooner since his rise to fame in the Nigerian music industry.
The charge sheet reads: “That you, Badmus Habeeb Okikiola, aka Portable, and others now at large, on the 18th day of November 2022 at 11:00 hrs, in Okeosa, Ilogbo, within the Ifo Magisterial District, did conspire among yourselves to commit felony, to wit: assault, and thereby committed an offense contrary to and punishable under Section 517 of the Criminal Code Laws of Ogun State 2006.
“That you, Habeeb Okikiola Olalomi, on the same date, time, and place in the aforementioned district, did unlawfully assault one Osimosu Emmanuel Oluwafemi (male) by beating him all over his body, thereby committing an offense contrary to and punishable under Section 351 of the Criminal Code Laws of Ogun State of Nigeria 2006.
“That you, Badmus Habeeb Okikiola, aka Portable, on various occasions in the year 2022, at Okeosa, Ilogbo, within the Ifo Magisterial District, did steal some musical equipment, including a Yamaha H55 studio monitor, a complete Studio 2 interface connection cable, and an AKG P420 condenser, thereby committing an offense contrary to Sections 384 and 383 and punishable under Section 390 of the Criminal Code Laws of Ogun State, Nigeria, 2006.”
In his judgment, Chief Magistrate Babajide Ilo ruled that the singer was guilty of Counts 1 and 2.
He sentenced the defendant to one month’s imprisonment with an option of a N10,000 fine for Count 1 and two months’ imprisonment with an option of a N20,000 fine for Count 2.
