Ogun State Police Command says it has arrested singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, over an alleged assault on its officers....CONTINUE READING>>>
SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), confirmed the arrest of the singer of the favored tune, Zazu, in a phone interview with the Information Company of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta on Friday.
Oyeyemi acknowledged that the singer is presently being held on the state headquarters of the police in Eleweran, Abeokuta.
He defined that the police had prolonged invitation to the singer severally, after a citizen reported to the police that Portable assaulted him however added that the singer refused to honour the invitation.
The police spokesman unhappy that the singer would stay in police custody until Monday when he could be charged to court docket.
On Tuesday, two movies of the musician assaulting some males of the Nigeria police surfaced on the web.
Within the two movies, Portable claimed that an web fraudster had introduced the police to his bar to arrest his workers members for no motive, however the police acknowledged that it acted on a petition.
Displeased by the conduct of Okikiola (Portable) towards the officers, the police gave a 72-hour ultimatum to the singer to report himself which he didn’t do, ensuing subsequently to his arrest on Friday.
“There’s a petition in opposition to him from a Nigerian to the truth that the singer went and destroyed the particular person’s studio and ordered his boys to beat up the studio proprietor.
“He was overwhelmed black and blue and that was the idea of the petition within the first occasion.
“Based mostly on that, an invite letter was despatched to him, not as soon as, not twice, not 3 times, however he refused to honour the invitation.
“When he refused to honour the invitation, law enforcement officials have been despatched to impact his arrest and on getting there he assaulted the officers.
“However right this moment, he has been arrested. He’s with us. Investigation has commenced and as quickly as we conclude our investigation, Okikiola will likely be charged to court docket,” he mentioned. Continue Reading…
