An Upper Area Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, has remanded Habeeb Okikiola Badmus, controversial Nigerian singer, popularly known as Portable, over his failure to meet up with stringent bail conditions, in a lawsuit involving criminal defamation, intimidation, inciting disturbance, and cyberstalking charges against him by another Musician, Saheed Osupa.
BusinessDay reports that Portable’s bail conditions at the Court were stringent, including Sureties with the sum of N1 million each, one of whom must be either the Chairman or Secretary of the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN), while the other must own a landed property in a Government Reserve Area (GRA) in Ilorin with a valid Certificate of Occupancy (C of O).
It was gathered that the singer had been moved to the popular Oke-Kura Custodial Centre in the presence of two of his wives pending the perfection of his bail conditions
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First Information Report (FIR) 117(1) CPC, was initiated by the State Intelligence Department (SID) of the Nigeria Police, following a petition dated March 21, 2025, by his fellow artist Okunola Saheed, popularly known as Osupa Saheed.
Meanwhile, Adeniyi James, the Police Officer, who investigated Portable said, “the charges were filed based on direct instructions from police authorities and was arraigned under multiple legal provisions including; Section 392 (Criminal Defamation), Section 114 (Inciting Disturbance), Section 397 (Criminal Intimidation) of the Penal Code, Sections 24(1)(b) and 24(2)(c) of the Cybercrimes Act, 2015, Sections 10 and 13 of the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Law, 2020.
“Portable confessed to the allegations during interrogation at the SID in Ilorin.”
Recalled that Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, the Public Relations Officer of the Kwara State Police Command, on Sunday night, said the petition alleged that Portable, during a live Instagram broadcast on March 19, 2025, made defamatory remarks against Osupa, accusing him of jealousy and attempts to sabotage his career.
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In the viral video, Portable was quoted, saying: “This man dey try bring down my shine! He be like person wey dey chop snail with shell him no get sense. Osupa na tortoise. When Apple Music and Spotify wan drop money for me, na him remove my song from platform make I no see money.”
Osupa described the statements as damaging, inciting, and an attack on his reputation, further claiming that the content had caused public tension and unrest.
The case was adjourned to 30th April 2025 while the trial judge, urged both parties to remain civil as the legal process.
