Portable has been remanded in the Oke Kura Correctional Centre in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, after his inability to meet the stringent conditions attached to his bail appeal.
The Upper Area Court in Ilorin had ordered that the singer provide two sureties in like sum, one of whom must be either the Chairman or Secretary of the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN), while the other must be a property owner within a Government Reserved Area (GRA) in Ilorin, backed up by a valid Certificate of Occupancy (C of O).
The court, however, remanded Portable over his inability to immediately provide the needed sureties.
The whole arrest saga unfolded when Portable allegedly defamed an industry colleague, Okunola Saheed Osupa, aka Osupa, in a video with the following statement:
“This man dey try bring down my shine! He be like person wey dey chop snail with shellโhim 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 (This man is trying to dim my shine! He behaves like someone eating a snail with the shellโhe lacks sense. Osupa is like a tortoise. When Apple Music and Spotify were about to pay me, he took down my song from the platforms so I wouldnโt get the money).โ
Saheed Osupa has, to that effect, filed a petition dated March 21, 2025, which was documented under First Information Report (FIR) 117(1) CPC, and filed by the State Intelligence Department of the Nigeria police.
In the petition, the complainant Osupa Saheed maintained that the words of Portable could be utilized and weaponized as a tool to incite hatred and civil unrest in the society.
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