A Magistrate Court sitting in Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State has sentenced street-hop artist Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, to three months in prison, with an option of a N30,000 fine.

Portable was found guilty of assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest.

It will be recall that he was arrested in March 2023 after physically attacking a police inspector and obstructing officers who were attempting to serve him an arrest warrant.

The singer was initially granted bail in the sum of N300,000 with two sureties from his immediate family.

His case was brought before the court last Thursday after failing to appear for a while. He was subsequently remanded in the state Correctional Service and brought back to court on Tuesday, when judgment was delivered.

In his judgment, Chief Magistrate Babajide Ilo ruled that the singer was guilty of Counts 1 and 2. He sentenced the defendant to one month’s imprisonment with an option of a N10,000 fine for Count 1 and two months’ imprisonment with an option of a N20,000 fine for Count 2.