The 31-years old controversial Zazoo crooner, Habeeb Okikiola, also known as Portable has Thursday made a sharp U turn, saying he is mentally stable and healthy.
Portable who arrived on Thursday said this before Magistrate O.L Oke at the Magistrate Court sitting in Isabo Abeokuta, Ogun State.
NEWSUNPLUG reports that the singer was declared wanted on Monday, by the Ogun State police command for allegedly assaulting three officials from the Ogun Planning and Development Permit Authority, OGPDPA.
Following the declaration, Portable ranted on instagram on Tuesday, saying he is a mad man undergoing treatment at the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta.
He said, “I fear government. I am a federal government liability. Then I’m a madman; I have medications that I usually take. You can confirm from Aro Hospital. I have a card that certifies me as one of their patients.
“I am from Abeokuta and they are taking care of me there. I am not a thief, I help people around me without even looking at their background.”
Reacting to this the police spokesperson , Omolola Odutola, said, “Portable will come and submit himself. 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. He is a wanted man”.
DAILY POST reports that the singer barely after 48 hours of being declared wanted, turned himself in.
However, appearing before Magistrate O.L Oke of an Ogun State Magistrate Court sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta, on Thursday, the singer said he is okay.
Magistrate Oke asked him, “Are you alright? Are you sure you are mentally sound if not we have a lot of psychiatric homes we can send you to.
Portable replied “I am mentally alright”.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the five count charges slammed on him and was granted a bail of N2 million and a surety in like sum.
The court adjourned the case till March 5 for hearing.