By Sydney Elike
Nigerian singer Okikiola Badmus, better known as Portable, has been remanded in the Oke Kura Correctional Centre in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, after failing to meet his bail conditions.
Daily Sun reported that the controversial artiste was granted N1milliin bail, conditional upon the provision of two sureties in like sum.
Portable appeared in court on Monday after he was charged with defamation by veteran Fuji musician Akorede Saheed, aka Saheed Osupa.
He was granted bail thereafter and per the court’s instructions, one of the sureties 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 by the police in Abeokuta, on Saturday by command personnel acting on a plea by one Okunola Saheed, also known as ‘Osupa’.
His arrest was confirmed by SP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, the command’s spokesperson, who released a statement on the development.
