Atiku’s Ally Dagogo Reveals: I Was Taken To Court Unconscious During Trial

Atiku’s Ally Dagogo Reveals: I Was Taken To Court Unconscious During Trial

A former member of the House of Representatives and governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State for the 2023 elections, Farah Dagogo, has revealed that he was once brought to court in an unconscious state during his trial……… CONTINUE READING

Naija News recalls that the current FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, who was the governor of Rivers State at the time, had declared Dagogo wanted for allegedly orchestrating a disturbance involving suspected cultists at the Port Harcourt secretariat of the Rivers PDP.

Dagogo was subsequently arrested at the South-South Zonal Secretariat of the PDP, where he had gone for screening ahead of the party primaries. He was later discharged and acquitted of all criminal charges.

In an interview with Punch, Dagogo described his arrest as politically motivated. He emphasized that he was acquitted due to a lack of diligent prosecution.

He recounted, “In exonerating me of all charges, the judge, Justice Chiwendu Nwogu, stated in his ruling, ‘Justice is not only for the state, it is also for the defendant, whose freedom has been limited since the commencement of this suit on 9/5/2022. What I see in the prosecution is a complete loss of tempo to prosecute this case any longer. The dexterity on the part of the prosecution to prosecute this case is no longer there, but gone, hence the resort to the applications for these numerous adjournments.'”

Dagogo continued, “That statement in the ruling further reinforces the belief held by me and other rational thinkers that it was all politically induced. Remember, at a point during this trial, I was brought to court in an unconscious state. How come the ‘complete loss of tempo’ by the prosecutor when it now mattered most? This is because when you attempt to build something on a faulty foundation, it is just akin to building something on nothing. When that foundation is faulty, no structure can endure. So rightly, I was discharged and acquitted for lack of diligent prosecution.”