Nigerian recording artiste, Habib Okikiola, who is better known as Portable, has reported himself at the Ogun State Police Command, Eleweran in Abeokuta, the state capital.
In a statement released by the Ogun State Command spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi on Thursday, June 30; he confirmed that the controversial musician turned himself in and was accompanied by his father at the Ogun State Police Command headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta.
This followed an order by the police that he should report himself at the nearest police station for assaulting a young man known as DJ Chicken, in a viral video.
The statement from Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Police spokesman reads;
The police wishes to inform the general public that the hip-hop artist Habib Okikiola a.k.a portable who was requested to report himself at the nearest police station over a viral video where he was seen ordering a group of boys to beat up one boy simply identified as D.J Chicken has reported at the command’s headquarters Eleweran on Wednesday 29th of June 2022
The singer was taken to the Public Complaint Bureau Office by the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, where he was interrogated about his role in the assault melted to the boy in the video.
Abimbola added;
However, since the offence committed is a bailable one, and coupled with the strike action embarked upon by the civil servants in the state which also affected our courts, the suspect was released to a reliable surety who promised to produce him anytime he is needed
The victim has also been invited by the police to state his own side of the story to enable the command complete her investigation on time, the spokesperson said.
