Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has adjourned till May 16 for the embattled governorship aspirant of the People Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Farah Dagogo, to take his plea on the charge preferred against him by the Commissioner of Police in collaboration with the Rivers State Government.

When the matter was mentioned in court, the trial judge, Justice Chiwendu Nworgu, could not allow the charge to be read following the absence of the defendant in court.

Justice Nworgu, after hearing from the counsel for Dagogo, who informed the court about the medical trip of his client, adjourned till May 16 for the plea.

The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Zaccheus Adango (SAN), in an interview with newsmen outside the courtroom, explained the reason why Farah Dagogo was not brought to court and why the court took another date for the plea.
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He said: “As you are aware of the matter; State vs Farah Dagogo came up this morning for the plea; unfortunately, he was not produced in court and his lawyer informed the court that he was on a drip so we have agreed to come back next week Monday, May 16 for plea, that means to be formally arraigned to plea either guilty or not guilty to the allegation preferred against him by the state.

“From the information I got from the police, doctors are still consulting us on the prospect of bringing him to court.”

MEANWHILE, following the adjourned hearing of his bail application till May 23 at the Magistrates’ court on Monday, the state, yesterday, moved the case to a state High Court with an adjustment in the title as “State Vs Fara Dagogo”.

It is believed that the original matter may have been finally transferred to the state High Court, which has jurisdiction to entertain offences as cultism as he was charged.

Adango, who said “the charges here are different from those of the Magistrate court”, refused to disclose the nature of the new charges, insisting that they would be heard at the next adjourned date.
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