Portable meets bail conditions, regains freedom after 72hrs

Singer Portable meets bail conditions, regains freedom after 72hrs

The controversial singer and ‘Zazu crooner’, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as ‘Portable’ has been released from Ilaro Correctional Centre following the perfection of his bail conditions.

A reliable source at the Center told Our Correspondent that Portable who was brought into the facility at about 3 pm, was released at about 6 pm after his bail bond was presented at the facility.

Portable was remanded in the early hours of Monday, in the Correctional facility following his failure to meet up with bail conditions by an Ifo Magistrate Court, sitting in the Ifo local government area of Ogun State.

The singer was arraigned before the Court on two different cases which bothered stealing and assault with charge numbers 192c/ 2023 and 191c/2023.

While he was arraigned on a two-count charge on case 191c/2023, Portable was arraigned on a three-count charge on 192c/ 2023.

He however pleaded not guilty to the charges before Magistrate A.S Shoneye.

Delivering his ruling on the bail application made by his counsel, the presiding magistrate admitted the accused to bail on N300,000 with two sureties in the like sum in the case which bothered on stealing.

In the other case, which bothered assault, the court granted the accused bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in the like sum.

One of the sureties in the two cases, according to the Magistrate, must be a civil servant and the other, a family member, all of whom must be residents within the jurisdiction of the court.

The court, however, ruled that the defendant be transferred to the Ilaro Correctional Centre pending the fulfilment of the bail conditions.

The cases were however adjourned till the 26th of April for the commencement of trial.