 You're welcome back. Faradagogo, the People's Democratic Party governorship aspirant who is also a member of the House of Representatives representing the Bonny Degma constituency was arrested yesterday. Policemen attached to government House Port Hackett in River State arrested him at the venue of the People's Democratic Party South-South Zono screening in Port Hackett where governorship aspirants were being screened. The arrest came after the River State Gardner years and Wiki had a day earlier declared Dago Gogo wanted for allegedly sponsoring cultists to disrupt the PDP sectarian which was venue of the screening of the aspirants out joining us. Let's look at this. We have a human rights advocate Hiking Esquire and of course he's we also joined by the vice president River's West of the People's Democratic Party Dr. Name Robinson. Gentlemen, thank you very much for your time. Dr. Name Robinson, please tell us what exactly is going on and such a very eminently qualified person a member of the House of Representatives was declared wanted by the leader of your party in River State and the governor is they want yes or we can why you know first and foremost democratic society and being a democratic society in the citizens we ought to observe and obey the tenets of the law to the letter this period we know that party primaries party the offices of the assembly as of the present day when the party secretary two days ago and the process as we all know how to be free fair to everybody unfortunately hoodlums found found their ways into the party secretaries and the surrounding areas they did not just go there to as a members of the party to support whoever they believe they are supporting or going there to observe the processes as citizens but they went there with arms ammunitions etc and these hoodlums were identified with Faradagogo Faradagogo as we know him is a member of the federal House of Representatives represented Bonnie they gave my federal consequences he's a lawmaker and he ought to know what the law says he ought to know how citizens should behave conduct themselves at every point in time especially in public places Faradagogo Faradagogo as a lawmaker ought not to associate himself with issues that have to do with polygonism, courtism etc. but all these courtes boys that were found arrested within the party secretary happens to be persons that were related or associated with Faradagogo based on the facts that the state governor the state governor as a chief he should as a one-week age how to declare he wanted because as a lawmaker he ought not to identify with polygonism with hoodlums at any point of time. So Dr. Robinson, you're saying Faradagogo was not at the state party sectarian but the people who went there to disturb the process were associated with him and he's a cultist. Mr. King you and River State your human rights advocate I've seen some statements coming from the human rights community in River State regarding it but you've heard from the honorable PDP vice chairman River's West that Faradagogo's boys or boys associated with him cultists went to disrupt activities in the process at the PDP party sectariat that's why he was declared wanted by the governor your thoughts. The constitution has made the vision of the power of the president, the president of Nigeria and we in the civil society we are interested in the rule of law. Let the rule of law take its course. If Faradagogo has breached any commitment to commit an offense he should be investigated and when he's investigated he should be prosecuted and called to be prosecuted. But the situation where the governor or the president just issues and the police carries them out is a dangerous one for our adult democracy. I don't want to call our democracy legend democracy. I don't want to call it imagine democracy. The democracy will be 23 by May of this year 2022 but that's about a month until the 29th April so in a month time 29th April 2022 so in a month time we will be 23 years old after the democratic election so 23 years old is a man no longer a teenager so we are man. Nigeria is a man when it comes to democracy. Our man democracy should not be seen to be violating human rights and not following the rule of law. Like I said does the governor have rights to issue order? I can talk to him now. The governor can go to the governor's house and talk to us. We issue order. I will go and arrest Faradagogo and police. We should just come and arrest him because I'm talking or I've committed an offense. You know the governor has to get a lawyer that says he's going to get a right to petition. He should be arrested and then he's going to question and put it to death. If you look at the streets with these things and talk to the politicians because all of you, whatever you say to them you leave tomorrow. What about if the governor declares they will go and arrest him and they'll come and arrest him. See people like us will keep quiet. I will not keep quiet. Okay the court will just issue order and Faradagogo is now arrested. The governor has to be able to come and arrest him. Okay. So what you're saying? I'm saying it is wrong. We are talking about the rule of law. So a barrister what you're saying is that the governor has the power to... So what you're saying is the governor does not have the power to declare anyone wanted? Is that what you're saying? Barrister? That's what we are saying. We have said that before. Even when you declare some people wanted in the power. We said no. We include such power. I don't know why the police keep on carrying out this order. Including the president. The president of Nigeria does not also have such power. It is the police that have power to investigate the matter. After you investigate the matter. People will be arrested. People like ESC is a national crime. They will investigate. And after them the people will be arrested. All right. All right. Barrister, please permit us to bring back in the honorable at this time. Yeah. Honorable... We've been witnesses to the rhetoric. This gentleman Farada Gogu who is a former Niger Delta agitator. He's been very vocal. Questioning or calling for internal democracy in the PDP in the river state. Calling on the members of the party not to allow one man to be in charge of the party in the state. Do you think that his rhetoric and his statements have led to this moment where he has been declared wanted and arrested subsequently taken to court and remanded in custody? Well, anything possible. Mr. King, Mr. King, that question was directed to Robinson Ewo. Yes, yes. Is it me? No, no, no. That's honorable. Honorable Robinson Ewo. Honorable Robinson Ewo. Honorable Robinson Ewo. Honorable Robinson Ewo. Honorable Robinson Ewo. Yeah. Dr. Robinson Ewo, please go on. It's beyond declaring Farada Gogu wanted. The issue before us has been confessed by the several society young men in the studio there is about the law. And issues of the law must go before the court to interpret whether the governor within the conference of his power, have the rights or the powers to declare Farada Gogu wanted is for the court to interpret at this point. But the issue before us is the conduct of a federal lawmaker, a lawmaker of a higher status in the federal house of representative. His conduct, both in the public and in private, calls to question whatever action he takes, both in private and in public, affects whatever the society we face. At this point, let us look at the conduct of this Farada Gogu we are talking about. As a federal lawmaker, what are his rights? First and foremost, it's not about the law. It's an ordinary citizen. It's a citizen like all of us. We are subject of the law. We are subjected to the law. We are within the conference of the law. If we misbehave, we ought to face the law. Farada Gogu is before the police as we speak. Whether it is within the right of the governor to declare he wanted or not, we have gone beyond that at this point. It is for the court now to look at, investigate the conduct of the Gogu, whether it's associated with the artist, whether it's a court case himself, all the issues surrounding the disruption of the activities of the party. Dr, what I mean to say, because of time, because of time, let's look at the fact that Farada Gogu seems to is actually out to contest for the position of the governor of river state. And he has said in previous weeks and months that nobody should be allowed to be an emperor or to be a dictator in the PDP. So obviously he was referring to the governor. And the talk is that the governor does not want him to contest for this position. So why was he declared wanted a day to the PDP primary? A screening, sorry. The PDP governorship screening. The issue is not whether he wants to contest governorship or not, because we have over 12 persons that purchase form for the position of governorship in river state. And I'm sure Farada Gogu is one of them. Outside Farada Gogu, who else is completing it? The dictatorship in PDP, I don't think he's there. PDP is a democratic party. The governor is a member of PDP. Just a single member. The governor himself is running a election. And he, the governor, is passing the position to play a grand. I don't think this issue has anything to do with whether or not Farada doesn't want to contest the governorship or not. Just like every other person that is contesting the governorship. All right. Okay. Dr. Robinson, this is quite interesting. What you're saying is that Dr. Robinson, what you said is that the honorable and his arrest and his declaration of his being declared independent of the government. He has nothing to do with his very, very tough stance against what he calls the dictatorship by the governor and the party. And his ambition to become the next governor or at least contest the PDP primaries. We'll take some more time to consider the situation. Of course, come back to it as events unfold. But I want to thank you very much. Dr. Name Robinson, the vice chairman of the PDP in river state. And of course, a Hayaking Esquire lawyer and human rights advocate. Gentlemen, thank you very much for your time. Thank you. Thank you. All right. And that's the size of a show. Thank you very much for joining us all through this week on Plus Politics for your channel Monday. My name is Kofi Bartels. Good night.