Kwara Court Grants Portable N1m Bail In Saheed Osupa Defamation Suit, Gives 2 Stringent Conditions

Controversial singer, Okikiola Badmus, popularly known as Portable, has been granted bail in the sum of ₦1 million by an Upper Area Court in Ilorin, Kwara State.

This followed his arraignment on charges including criminal defamation, intimidation, inciting public disturbance, and cyberstalking.

The court also ruled that his bail is conditional upon the provision of two sureties in like sum.

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.

Portable, a native of Oke-Osa, Sango-Ota in Ogun State, is expected to meet his bail conditions before regaining freedom. The case has been adjourned, with the trial judge urging all parties to maintain decorum as the court proceeds to hear the matter.