Controversial singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, is now in the custody of Ogun State Police Command in Abeokuta hours after he turned himself in at the Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID.
He is set to answer questions over an attack on some government officials.
Recall Portable was declared wanted for assault on some officials of the state Town Planning Agency who were carrying out enforcement on his property in the Ilogbo area of the state.
In a statement on Wednesday, Ogun police spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, confirmed Portable was in their custody. Odutola said:
After Portable was declared wanted for his reported involvement in a violent altercation with three town planning officials—TPL Onabanjo Abidemi, TPL Raymond Lateef, and TPL Ridwan Oyero Akinlesi—who were conducting an enforcement exercise in Oke-Osa, Tigbo Ilu Ota, Ogun State, the singer went into hiding.
He claimed he wasn’t involved in the violent attack and appealed to both the Federal and Ogun State government.
The singer also claimed that he is undergoing psychiatric treatment in Ogun State. The police, however, dismissed his ‘Madman’ claim, insisting that he remained wanted for an ongoing investigation.
Hours after, Portable took to his Instagram story to hint at voluntarily surrendering to the Police and again tendered an apology to the Ogun state government, stating that fear made him abscond.
