The Zazu crooner, controversial hip hop artiste, Habeeb Okikiola, also popularly known as Portable may for a long time to come be averse to his usual lifestyle of misdemeanors, assaults and other criminal uproars which he was known to be fond of as one of such misdeeds, his most recent, nearly earned him a stint in jail.
The boastful musician whose stock in trade was to engage in one opprobrium or the other in a bid to attract public attention and will always find his way out of tight corners by boasting that he is a child of the government.
But the most recent one, another case of assault and destruction of another man's property was one too many.
The matter which landed him in court sobered up the Zazu Crooner who later admitted that he had learnt his lesson.
Portable said this shortly after he was released from Ilaro Prison in Ogun State, on Monday.
A magistrate’s court sitting in Ifo in Ifo Local government area of Ogun state granted him bail but remanded him pending perfection of the bail conditions.
The Zazoo crooner was brought before the court on a five-count charge bordering on assault and stealing.
He had been detained since Friday following a petition written by one Osimusi Emmanuel.
Appearing before the court on Monday, Portable pleaded not guilty to all the charges preferred against him.
Portable’s Counsel, Adodo Destiny had prayed the court to grant the singer bail.
Delivering his ruling on application for bail made by his counsel, Magistrate A.S Soneye said, the offenses are bailable and granted him bail with bail bond of N300,000, two sureties who must reside within the jurisdiction of the honorable court.
The court, however ruled that the defendant be transferred to the Ilaro correctional centre, pending the time his bail requirements are met.
The case was adjourned to the 26th of April for the commencement of trial.
In a now widely circulated video after his release, the singer, while in the midst of his loved ones in a car, said: “Akoi grace. I have learnt a lesson. I have learnt a real lesson.”
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