Breaking: Court grants Portable N1m bail over defamation

Popular controversial singer, Okikiola Badmus, popularly known as Portable, has been granted bail by an Upper Area Court in Ilorin, Kwara State.

The bail, set at ₦1 million, comes after his arraignment on a series of charges, including criminal defamation, intimidation, inciting public disturbance, and cyberstalking.

The court further stipulated that Portable must provide two sureties in the same amount as part of the bail conditions.

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.

The embattled ‘Zazoo Zeh’ crooner’s legal woes follow a petition filed by fellow musician Saheed Osupa, who accused him of using inflammatory and defamatory language that could incite violence and damage his reputation

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