A Chief Magistrate Court in Ogun State, located in the Ifo Local Government Area, has sentenced controversial musician Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, to three months in prison, with an option to pay a ₦30,000 fine.
Portable was convicted for assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest. He was taken into custody in March 2023 after physically attacking a police inspector and interfering with officers who were attempting to deliver an arrest warrant.
According to Police Prosecutor Inspector Olumide Awoleke, the incident occurred on November 18, 2022, around 11:00 a.m. in Okeosa, Ilogbo, under the jurisdiction of the Ifo Magisterial District.
Delivering the judgment, Chief Magistrate Babajide Ilo found the singer guilty on Counts 1 and 2. For Count 1, he imposed a sentence of one month in prison with the alternative of a ₦10,000 fine, while for Count 2, the singer received a two-month prison term with the option of paying a ₦20,000 fine.
The charge sheet read …
“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.”
