Dagogo Accuses Rivers State Commissioner Of Police Of Bias

• Seeks IG’s intervention

The embattled member of the House of Representatives, Farah Dagogo, has accused the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Friday Eboka, of bias following his claims on circumstances that led to his arrest and detention.

Eboka, on a television programme, narrated the circumstances that led to Dagogo’s detention.

He said: “On April 27, during screening for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for House of Assembly and House of Representatives, about 30 boys stormed the venue with weapons like daggers, cutlass, axes, and they were singing cult songs. Some of them were saying no Farah, no screening, no Farah, no PDP.

“They were shooting indiscriminately. Our men on ground had to chase them and about 15 were arrested. Their behaviour that day and the fact that they were mentioning Farah made the governor declare him wanted.

“I am not aware of their (Wike and Farah) political differences. We are not here for politics. We are fighting crime and criminality. We cannot watch people come to a gathering and start shooting indiscriminately, disrupting the process.

“The following day, Farah came to the same venue; he was identified and arrested based on what happened the previous day. We invited him, told him what happened, but he refused to make any statement. He also refused to call his lawyer. We then prepared charges and took him to court the following day.”

But Dagogo’s media aide, Ibrahim Lawal, countered Eboka’s account, insisting there was no incident by any member of the public on April 27 as the screening went smoothly and was concluded the next day.