Ogun State Police Command says it has arrested singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly called Portable, over his alleged assault on its officers.
SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) confirmed the arrest in Abeokuta on Friday.
Oyeyemi stated that the singer is presently at the state headquarters of the police in Eleweran, Abeokuta.
He explained that the police had extended invitation to the singer, severally, after a citizen reported to the police that he assaulted him but added that the singer refused to honour their invitation.
The police spokesman said that the singer would remain in police custody, till Monday when he would be charged to court.
Early on Tuesday, two videos of the musician assaulting some men of the Nigeria police surfaced on the internet.
In the two videos, Portable claimed that an internet fraudster had brought the police to his bar to arrest his staff members for no reason, but the police stated that it acted on a petition.
Displeased by the conduct of Okikiola (Portable), the Zazu crooner toward the officers, the police gave a 72-hour ultimatum to the singer to report himself which he failed to do, which subsequently resulted to his arrest on Friday .
” There is a petition against him from a Nigerian who has a studio and this guy went to the studio of this man and destroyed the studio and he still ordered his boys to beat up the studio owner.
” He was beaten black and blue and that was the basis of the petition in the first instance.
“Based on that, invitation letter was sent to him, not once, not twice, not three times, but he refused to honour the invitation.
” When he refused to honour the invitation, police officers were sent to effect his arrest and on getting there, he assaulted the officers.
” But today he has been arrested, he is with us, investigation has commenced and as soon as we conclude our investigation, he is going to be charged to court,” he said.
