Exclusive: Portable wept like baby inside cell, battled with mosquitoes

Dimeji Kayode-Adedeji

The controversial Nigerian Hip-Hop musician, Habeeb Okikiola popularly called Portable was reported to have burst into tears when reality dawn on him and was thrown into the cell at the Eleweran Police Headquarters in Abeokuta.

Penpushing reports that exclusive investigation revealed that Portable who was in cell 2 alongside other 24 suspects for various offences was said to have cried like baby throughout duration of his three days in detention.

The known troublesome singer at the initial stage of his interrogation at the police headquarters thought it was a child play, as he was exchanging banters with some people on ground, saying he was a government liability and that he would be released on bail

Penpushing further reports that he became soft in conduct when he faced interrogation from the police leadership, claiming ignorance that he never knew those who came to arrest him were policemen as at the time of the incident he was alleged.

The drugs addict musician was shocked to bone marrow when police authorities declared to him, he would be in the custody till Monday when he would be arraign in court on five count charges, and he could not believe his ears.

Penpushing also reports that after being thrown into the cell, Portable became jittery, when reality of detention dawned on him, and cried overnight, complaining that he was not comfortable and been beaten by mosquitoes.

The musician who initially thought the inmates would give him a preferential treatment was ignored by others in the cell, who laughed over his intermittent  cry and sober reflection, pointing out that government is bigger than individual

Penpushing reports that one of the inmates in cell with Portable confirmed that the musician became ‘born again’ in the detention when he realized that he was to spend the weekend in the cell, adding that he cried throughout days he was inside the cell

‘Portable cried like baby throughout his stay in detention alongside with us. We are about twenty-five in the cell. He was complaining about body ache, complained that mosquitoes were biting him. He reailsed that no individual is powerful than government

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