The police have arrested the famous Nigerian street singer, Habeeb Okikiola popularly known as Portable at the expiration of 72-hour ultimatum given to him to surrender himself to the police force.
The arrest of Portable was confirmed by the spokesperson of the Ogun State police command, Abimbola Oyeyemi.
According to the spokesperson, the controversial street singer is held at the state headquarters of the police in Eleweran, Abeokuta.
He said the singer was arrested after disrespecting five invitations.
The controversial street singer recently made headlines after some police officers occupied his apartment to institute his arrest.
The singer could be seen in a video which has gone viral on social media, shouting and dragging the police who came to apprehend him.
He could be heard saying: “I am a federal Government liability. I work with the Government too. I work with APC”.
While reacting to the incident, the police spokesman Muyiwa Adejobi in a statement said: “The NPF will take all necessary steps to investigate his actions and ensure that he is prosecuted for any criminal activity he may have committed depending on the severity of the offense.”
“The Police will not condone any unruly act, assault or attack on its officers who are on lawful duty. We need to respect our law enforcement agents who perpetually take the risk of maintaining law and order and fight crimes and criminality in our society.”