Categories: Entertainment

“Police Is Our Friend, We Trust And Believe In Them” – Portable Speaks From Detention

Controversial Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola popularly known as Portable, has opened up about his arrest by police officers in Ogun State.

KanyiDaily recalls that Portable was seen in a video resisting attempts by the police to arrest him and also referred to himself as “a federal government liability”.

The singer claimed that an internet fraudster brought the police to his bar to arrest his staff members “for no reason”, but the police noted that it acted on a petition.

Portable was arrested on Friday, March 31, following the expiration of the 72-hour ultimatum given to him to honour police invitations extended to him five times.

It was also gathered that the singer will remain in police custody till Monday when he will be charged in court after spending three days in detention.

Portable Breaks His Silence

In a statement issued via his Instagram page on Saturday, the singer debunked reports of him being arrested, stressing that he went to the station by himself.

Portable, who described the police as his friend, said he believes that the force will carry out their investigations and everything will be done appropriately.

“Remain calm as everything is under control. We writing this for those reaching out to us Portable wasn’t arrested he went to the police station himself to honor the invitation of the police.

“Police is our friend we trust and believe the force will carry out their investigations and everything will be done appropriately. We are positive that all will go well as he is with the CP and the issue is been attended to”.

“Thanks to everything reaching out we trust in the police force to do their investigation diligent we are positive,” the statement reads.

KanyiDaily recalls that Portable had earlier claimed that he was unaware that the men who raided his bar in Ogun to arrest him were police officers.

Tobias Sylvester

Tobias Sylvester is the news editor for Kanyi Daily News and is based in Lagos. Contact Tobias at editor@kanyidaily.com. Got a confidential tip? Submit it here

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