The Police Command of Ogun State has dismissed the claims of controversial singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable that he is a patient undergoing treatment at psychiatric hospital.
The police command insist that the singer remains wanted in connection with an alleged assault on government officials irrespective of his claim.
Portable in a video posted on Tuesday, declared that he is a “madman” who is receiving treatment at the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta.
Portable made this statement while pleading with Nigerians and the Ogun State Government following the police’s declaration of him as a wanted individual.
However, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Omolola Odutola, expressed that Portable must surrender himself for investigation.
“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,” Odutola said.
The police declared Portable wanted after an alleged violent confrontation with three officials from the Ogun State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, Ota Zonal Office. The affected officials—TPL Onabanjo Abidemi, TPL Raymond Lateef, and TPL Ridwan Oyero Akinlesi—were reportedly attacked during an enforcement exercise at Oke-Osa, Tigbo Ilu Ota, Ogun State.