Controversial singer Habeeb Okikiola Badmus, popularly called Portable, has been remanded in the Oke Kura Correctional Centre in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, over his inability to meet stringent bail conditions imposed by an Upper Area Court in the state on Monday.
LEADERSHIP recalls that the singer appeared in court on Monday following charges of defamation character levelled against him by veteran Fuji musician Akorede Saheed, a.k.a. Osupa.
Portable was granted N1 million bail, including other stringent bail conditions like two two sureties in like sum.
According to the court’s directive, one of the sureties must be the Chairman or Secretary of the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN).
At the same time, the other must be a property owner within a Government Reserved Area (GRA) in Ilorin, supported by a valid Certificate of Occupancy.
