The umbrella body of Ijaw leaders and elders, the Ijaw National Congress (INC), has condemned the arrest, ‘kangaroo’ arraignment and detention of a prominent Ijaw son and member representing Degema-Bonny Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Mr Farah Dagogo, on the orders of Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike.
The condemnation is contained in a statement on Saturday by the INC President, Prof. Benjamin Okaba.
The INC said that the continued detention of Dagogo without conviction in a court of law was a clear violation of his fundamental human rights.
The statement said the illegal arrest and detention of Dagogo, a governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was an orchestrated design by the Wike administration to persecute the Ijaws who were resolved to come together to contest the governorship of Rivers State.
