
Court grants Portable ₦1m bail
An Upper Area Court in Ilorin, Kwara State, has granted controversial singer, Okikiola Badmus, popularly known as Portable, bail in the sum of ₦1 million.
This followed his arraignment on charges including criminal defamation, intimidation, inciting public disturbance, and cyberstalking.
The court also ruled that his bail is conditional upon the provision of two sureties in like sum.
One of which must be either the Chairman or Secretary of the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria, while the other must possess a landed property within a Government Reserved Area, backed by a valid Certificate of Occupancy.
Portable was arrested over defamation allegations by another musician, Saheed Osupa.
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