Portable
By Richard Tega Enyeh
Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has bagged three months imprisonment for assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest.
He was, however, given the option of a N30,000 fine.
Portable was sentenced to three months imprisonment by a Chief Magistrate Court in Ifo, Ogun State.
The court found Portable guilty of two charges from a November 18, 2022, incident in Okeosa, Ilogbo.
According to the Police Prosecutor, Inspector Olumide Awoleke, the singer attacked an officer, obstructed an arrest, and was involved in the theft of studio equipment.
The charge sheet detailed three offences, including conspiracy to commit assault, physical assault on an officer, and theft of music gear such as a Yamaha studio monitor and an AKG microphone.
Chief Magistrate Babajide Ilo ruled that Portable was guilty of assault and resisting arrest.
He sentenced him to one month in prison with a N10,000 fine option for the first count, and two months with a N20,000 fine option for the second.
