Habeeb Okikiola, aka Portable, a popular Nigerian musician, was arraigned in a court in the southwestern Ogun state on six counts of assault-related charges on Monday, which he denied.
The “Zazoo Zeh” singer has been granted bail after spending the weekend in police custody.
According to reports, the rapper and singer resisted arrest and insulted officers who arrived to detain him last week.
He later surrendered to police, which was captured in a viral video last week.
A police spokesperson told BBC Pidgin that they had invited the musician to speak with them more than five times, but he had refused each time.
It is unclear why police wanted to interview him in the first place, but last week, police officer Prince Olumuyiwa Adejobi tweeted that Portable was facing a petition over an alleged assault on a man.
