{"id":64319,"date":"2025-04-15T16:54:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T16:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=64319"},"modified":"2025-04-15T16:54:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T16:54:01","slug":"osupa-drops-case-against-portable-demands-public-apology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/04\/15\/osupa-drops-case-against-portable-demands-public-apology\/","title":{"rendered":"Osupa Drops Case Against Portable, Demands Public Apology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Fuji icon King Dr Saheed Osupa has called off his legal war with controversial street-hop act Portable, but not without setting firm conditions for peace.<\/p>\n<p>The music veteran, who had earlier dragged Portable to court over criminal defamation, threats to life and character assassination, said the decision to withdraw the case was influenced by appeals from respected Nigerians and concern over Portable\u2019s worsening situation after his arrest in Kwara State.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released by his management, Osupa stressed that the case was never personal but meant to uphold dignity and discipline in the entertainment industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was about principle, not pride,\u201d the statement read. \u201cThere is a dangerous rise in cyberbullying and reckless talk among younger artists. This action was a line in the sand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Portable was earlier remanded in custody after failing to meet tough bail conditions, including one million naira and two sureties\u2014one of whom must be a current PMAN official.<\/p>\n<p>Moved by the public interventions and Portable\u2019s inability to secure bail, Osupa said he has decided to forgive, but not forget.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit has been dropped, but not without strings.<\/p>\n<p>Portable must publicly retract his inflammatory statement that implied Osupa would be responsible if anything bad happened to him.<\/p>\n<p>He must also admit that claims by his lawyer about a supposed apology meeting\u2014where he allegedly begged Osupa for forgiveness\u2014were false.<\/p>\n<p>Most importantly, he must sign a written commitment never to engage in defamation, cyberbullying or character attacks again.<\/p>\n<p>The management made it clear: any breach of these terms will see the legal action reinstated.<\/p>\n<p>Osupa\u2019s move may signal a desire for peace, but it also sends a strong message that fame without discipline will not be tolerated.<\/p>\n<p>The ball is now in Portable\u2019s court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal Fuji icon King Dr Saheed Osupa has called off his legal war with controversial street-hop act Portable, but not without setting firm conditions for peace. The music veteran, who had earlier dragged Portable to court over criminal defamation, threats to life and character assassination, said the decision to withdraw the case was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":64320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64319"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64321,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64319\/revisions\/64321"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}