Police Dismiss Portable’s Psychiatric Treatment Claim, Insist He’s Wanted for Alleged Assault on Ogun Officials
ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE – The Ogun State Police Command has refuted claims by controversial singer Habeeb Okikiola, known as Portable, that he is undergoing psychiatric treatment. Despite Portable’s assertion in a video that he is a “madman” receiving care at the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, and his plea to Nigerians and the Ogun State Government, police maintain he is a wanted person.
“Portable will come and submit himself,” stated Police Public Relations Officer Omolola Odutola. “He cannot be in the psychiatric hospital in Aro. Everybody knows he is a wanted person. If he is in any facility, the police must be informed.”
Portable is wanted in connection with an alleged assault on three government officials from the Ogun State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development during an enforcement exercise in Oke-Osa, Tigbo Ilu Ota. The officials, TPL Onabanjo Abidemi, TPL Raymond Lateef, and TPL Ridwan Oyero Akinlesi, allege Portable arrived with a firearm and nine thugs, attacking them after they encountered his father.
Police confirmed that nine of Portable’s associates have been arrested, but the singer remains at large. They claim he ignored multiple invitations to the command headquarters, prompting them to obtain a court order declaring him wanted.
Portable, on Instagram, alleged he is being framed due to his association with Senator Adeola Solomon (Yayi) and reiterated his claim of mental health treatment. However, Senator Adeola’s Special Assistant on New Media, Damilare Oloyede, distanced the lawmaker from Portable’s situation, stating, “Portable should be responsible for once. Senator Yayi won’t help him in this predicament—it is purely a result of his irresponsibility, lack of decorum, and display of lunacy (as he himself admitted).” Oloyede emphasized Senator Yayi’s commitment to law and order and intolerance of irresponsible behavior.
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