The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike had reacted to a 48-hour ultimatum given to him by the Ijaw National Congress (INC) to release a detained governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Farah Dagogo. RipplesNigeria reports.

Dagogo, a member of the House of Representatives representing Degema/Bonny in the House of Representatives, was arrested last week allegedly on the orders of Governor Wike for allegedly disrupting the screening of governorship aspirants of the PDP held in Port Harcourt last month.

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Part of the statement presented on Friday by the INC containing the ultimatum entitled “Arrest of Hon Farah Dagogo: Political Persecution of An Ijaw Son” read in part:

“The INC, hereby, demands the immediate release of Hon. Farah Dagogo from incarceration within 48 hours”. Information Guide Nigeria

“As a lawyer, Governor Wike knows that his trumped-up charges against Hon. Farah Dagogo are bailable”. jamb results

“If Governor Wike thinks he has legitimate charges to convict him, he should allow the due process of the law to take its legitimate course”.

“Release Hon. Farah Dagogo in the interest of peace, justice and fairness, to enable him to pursue his political ambition, to which he is constitutionally entitled.”

Rounding up his speech, Wike said:

”Thunder fire them and their ultimatum.”

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