Controversial Nigerian singer Habeeb Olalomi Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has been sentenced to three months’ imprisonment by Chief Magistrate Babajide Ilo in Ogun State.
The judgment stems from a three-count charge bordering on assault and the theft of musical instruments, filed under charge sheet No. MIF/192C/2023. Portable was originally arraigned before the Ifo Magistrates’ Court in April 2023.
Despite being granted bail in the sum of N300,000 with two sureties from his immediate family, the singer failed to attend several court sittings, prompting the court to remand him last Thursday.
According to the Police prosecutor, Inspector Olumide Awoleke, the offences were committed on November 18, 2022, around 11 a.m. in Okeosa, Ilogbo, within the Ifo Magisterial District.
Delivering judgment, Chief Magistrate Ilo found Portable guilty of counts one and two, sentencing him 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.
The sentencing adds to the long list of controversies surrounding the street-hop singer since his rise to fame in 2021.