The Magistrates’ Court in Ifo, Ogun State has sentenced Controversial Nigerian singer Habeeb Olalomi Okikiola, aka Portable to three months imprisonment.
The decision of the court was reached following a three-count charge relating to assault and the theft of musical instruments, as outlined in his charge sheet No. MIF/192C/2023.
Portable, in April 2023, was dragged before the court but he was granted bail in the sum of N300,000, with two sureties from his immediate family.
Last Thursday, the singer was remanded for failing to attend previous hearings despite multiple adjournments.
The Police prosecutor, Inspector Olumide Awoleke, had earlier informed the court that the defendant, Habeeb Okikiola, committed the offence on 18 November 2022 at approximately 11 am in Okeosa, Ilogbo, within the Ifo Magisterial District.
Chief Magistrate Babajide Ilo ruled that Portable was guilty of counts 1 and 2.
He sentenced the defendant 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.
