A Magistrate Court sitting in Port Harcourt has adjourned the commencement of the trial of a federal lawmaker representing Degema/Bonny Federal Constituency in Rivers State and governorship aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party, Farah Dagogo till the 23rd of May, 2022.
Dagogo, who was apprehended on the orders of Governor Nyesom Wike, is facing two counts of charges that borders on conspiracy and cultism.
When the matter was mentioned in court on Monday, Prosecution Counsel, Chidi Ekeh informed the court about the full charges filed against Dagogo at the State High Court.
The case was, however, adjourned till a later date following the absence of the defendant in court.
Meanwhile, an aide to the embattled lawmaker has accused Governor Nyesom Wike, of plotting to nail his boss with falsehood over his governorship ambition.
A statement by Dagogo’s media aide, Ibrahim Lawal on Sunday alleged that the charges against his principal were well-calculated and masterminded by the governor and his co-conspirators, to put him away.
The statement reads: “Governor Nyesom Wike, during a Thanksgiving Service in Church, confirmed our concerns and fears that the trump-up charges levelled against Hon. Doctor Farah Dagogo by the governor is a well-calculated attempt, masterminded by the Governor and his co-conspirators to put Hon. Doctor Farah Dagogo is away, and out of circulation and scuttle his governorship aspiration.
“At the Thanksgiving Service, the governor admitted in public, what was being rumoured in private, that he wields lots of influence in the judiciary and as such would frustrate and prevent any bail application for Hon. Doctor Farah Dagogo. We want to believe that the Judiciary remains the very hope for a fair adjudication and the coming days will tell us more.
“He equally justified his illegal declaration of Hon. Dagogo as a cultist and a criminal’ in conformity with his attempt to tarnish the image of the Federal Lawmaker.
“Contrary to the misinformation the Governor peddled in the House of God, Hon. Doctor Farah Dagogo is not a criminal, he has never been charged as one, nor has he been convicted of such an offence. His record remains unblemished.
“The story of the Niger Delta agitation and struggle is in the public domain and Hon. Doctor Farah Dagogo had stated his role publicly, the sacrifices, and the overtures he rejected.
“It is now very obvious that having seen all their plans to hang trump up charges on Hon. Doctor Farah Dagogo failed abysmally, and the fact that the generality of the public has seen through the plot, lies, and questioned the motive, we have it from source that the Governor’s misinformation in Church today is a prelude to further cooked up charges that will be brought up in court from tomorrow.”
