Dagogo was arrested on April 28, 2022, in Port Harcourt while appearing for screening as a governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Former Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike had declared him wanted, alleging that he sponsored thugs and cultists to disrupt the PDP screening exercise for National Assembly and State Assembly aspirants. Dagogo vehemently denied the allegations, asserting that they were fabricated to prevent him from contesting the governorship position.

On Monday, in suit no. PHC/1440/CR/2022, Justice Chinwendu Nworgu of the Port Harcourt High Court expressed dismay at the prosecution’s lack of diligence and subsequently discharged and acquitted Dagogo of all charges. 

Dagogo had been on bail since June 2022 after spending 63 days in detention. Following the court session, Dagogo’s lead counsel, Cosmas Enweluzo, SAN, emphasized that the ruling had completely freed Dagogo of all encumbrances, and the case cannot be resurrected in any court of law in the country.

“The matter has just ended,” Enweluzo stated. “The court dismissing the charge and discharging and acquitting the defendant, which is Hon. Dr. Farah Dagogo, is premised on the fact that there is an absolute lack of diligent prosecution.”