By Tonia Okereke
Respite has come the way of controversial musician, Habeeb Okikiola, better known as Portable, as Ogun State Magistrate Court, sitting in Abeokuta on Thursday, granted him a bail of N2 million.
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Portable was arraigned for alleged assault on the government officials.
Recall that the singer surrendered himself at the Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba, on Wednesday. He was later transferred to the Ogun State Police Command.
The ‘Tony Montana’ singer was arraigned on a five-count charge, which includes conspiracy, assault and restriction, armed with cutlasses and guns, and conduct likely to cause harm.
He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges. Nine numbers of his team were arraigned for similar charges on February 6.
The nine suspects are Nurudeen Warris, 21; Adetola Alashe, 25; Samuel Adeleke, 28; Oluwaseun Ayenuwa, 19; Oluwapelumi Adeosun, 20; Gospel Kanu, 20; Precious Ohiegebo, 19; Ifeoluwa Babatunde, 27; and Fatimo Muhammed, 26.
They allegedly assaulted, restricted and obstructed one Abidemi Onabanjo, Ramon Lateef and Akinpelumi Oyero, who are town planners.
The defendants and Portable allegedly assaulted the three town planning officers while performing their lawful duties at Odogwu Bar, owned by the popular hip-hop musician.
After pleading not guilty to the charges, his counsel, Oluwatoyin Ayodele, urged the court to grant him bail.
Ayodele assured the court of the suspect’s remorse, after which Magistrate O. L. Oke granted him N2 million bail with one surety and adjourned the case till March 5 for trial.
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