Controversial singer Habeeb ‘Transportable’ Okikiola has gone into hiding because the Ogun State Police Command arraigned 9 of his associates earlier than an Abeokuta Magistrates’ Courtroom.
The singer’s protégés had been arraigned on Thursday for allegedly assaulting officers from the Ota Zonal Planning Workplace of the Ministry of Bodily Planning and City Improvement.
PREMIUM TIMES gathered that Transportable, in a collection of Instagram posts on Thursday, revealed that the ministry’s officers sealed his unfinished constructing and lodge in Sango-Ota.
The ‘Your Papa No Be Military’ crooner alleged that the officers arrested and detained over 20 of his prospects and staff whereas additionally confiscating alcoholic drinks from his bar.
In the meantime, the police arraigned Nurudeen Warris (21), Adetola Alashe (25), Samuel Adeleke (28), Oluwaseun Ayenuwa (19), Oluwapelumi Adeosun (20), Gospel Kanu (20), Treasured Ohiegebo (19), Ifeoluwa Babatunde (27), and Fatimo Muhammed (26) in court docket.
They had been charged with 5 counts, together with felony, assault, obstruction, armed violence involving cutlasses and weapons, conduct more likely to trigger a breach of peace, and intent to kill.
They pleaded not responsible to the costs.
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Nonetheless, the police prosecutor, Sunday Ekong, knowledgeable the court docket that the defendants dedicated the offences on Wednesday round 10:00 a.m. at Oke-Osa, Tigbo Ilu, Sango-Ota, Ado-Odo/Ota Native Authorities Space.
Mr Ekong added that the defendants, together with the 30-year-old singer, assaulted, restrained, and obstructed city planners Abidemi Onabanjo, Ramon Lateef, and Akinpelumi Oyero whereas they had been performing their official duties at Transportable’s Odogwu Bar.
Moreover, the police prosecutor acknowledged that the defendants and Transportable had been armed with harmful weapons, together with cutlasses and weapons, allegedly aspiring to kill the officers.
Mr Ekong maintained that the offences contravened Sections 516, 356(3), 80, 249(d), and 320 of the Legal Code Legal guidelines of Ogun State, 2006.
Justice of the Peace O.M. Somefun set bail for every defendant at N5 million, requiring sureties who should be licensed bondmen registered with the state authorities.
She adjourned the case till 17 March for a listening to.
Transportable
Transportable, who was hiding on Thursday, questioned the state authorities’s authority to seal his buildings.
He maintained that he helped the federal government by repairing roads, offering mild and serving to individuals in want.
He mentioned: “They took greater than 20 individuals—artists and prospects—together with automobiles, bikes, and folks’s telephones and belongings. Everybody who got here for help was arrested, they usually sealed my unfinished constructing and lodge. Why? In my hometown! And we didn’t even resist. In addition they confiscated all of the drinks we had been promoting at Odogwu Bar and Meals. Why? The federal government ought to look into this.
“I exploit this place to ebook occasions and reveals, not simply promote drinks. I promote and help individuals right here. The federal government ought to examine—I even put in lights in every single place. Earlier than they got here for street repairs, I used to be the one who known as them to help us. So why would they do that to my property, which I exploit to feed my household? Later, they even got here after me the place I used to be, however God is bigger than them.”
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In the meantime, the singer’s UK tour has been postponed amidst the police investigation.
Present promoter Billiamin Olabanji, generally known as Billyque, introduced this in a now-deleted Instagram Story put up.
He attributed the postponement to unexpected circumstances, particularly the continued police investigation and the authorized points Transportable and his associates confronted.
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