The Lagos State Police Command, on Tuesday, arrested popular musician, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, for refusing to pay the debt he incurred when he purchased G-Wagon from a car dealer in the state.
Portable only paid N13 million toward the N27 million car purchase, refusing to pay the remaining N14 million.
It was discovered that he frequently asserted that the car was defective whenever the car dealer called to ask him to settle the outstanding amount.
Our correspondent learned that the auto dealer reported the issue to the police and that Portable was arrested by officers assigned to the case after futile attempts to persuade Portable to pay the remaining amount were unsuccessful.
Benjamin Hundeyin, the public relations officer for the state police, verified that Portable had been taken into custody when he was contacted.
He said, “Yes, Portable has been arrested. He bought G-Wagon for N27m, paid N13m and refused to pay the rest, claiming the vehicle was bad. We arrested him today.”
