The Nation Newspaper Court acquits ex-Reps member Dagogo of criminal charges
The High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has discharged and acquitted the immediate past member of the House of Representatives,Dagogo was arrested on April 28, 2022, in Port Harcourt, when he appeared for screening as a PDP governorship aspirant.
Dagogo, however, denied the allegation, maintaining that it was all trumped up to prevent him from contesting the governorship position.In his ruling in suit no PHC/1440/CR/2022, Justice Chinwendu Nworgu, of the Port Harcourt High Court said that the prosecution was not diligent and thereby discharged and acquitted the former governorship aspirant of all charges.
“The prosecution has lost its steam and so because of that, the court cannot forever keep an accused or defendant perpetually attending the court, restraining his movements and stopping him from using his precious time and subjecting everything about him to abysmal waste. “Any further action taken will be seen as double jeopardy because of the fact that a decision has been taken in this matter. In order words, the decision has rested the case fully and finally, not to resurrect again.”
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