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By Emmanuel Adeleke
The Ogun State Police Command has disclosed that Zazu crooner, Habib Okikiola, popularly as Portable, had reported himself at the command’s headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta.
A statement issued on Thursday by the command’s spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, stated that Portable reported himself around 5pm on Wednesday, accompanied by his father and manager.
According to Oyeyemi, the hip-hop artist was interrogated by operatives at the public complain bureau office on the instruction of the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole.
“The Ogun State Police Command 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 artist reported at eleweran at about 5pm with his father and manager.
“He was immediately ordered to be taken to the public complain bureau office by the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, where he was interrogated about his role in the assault meted to the boy in the video.
“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.
“Meanwhile, the assaulted victim has also been invited to come and state his own side of the story to enable the command complete her investigation on time,” the statement read
Recall that the command had ordered Portable to report himself at the nearest police station following a viral video where he was seen telling some boys to beat up a man, later identified as DJ Chicken.