Man arrested for naming his dog Buhari in Ogun State, Nigeria.

Joe Fortemose Chinakwe, a trader in
Ogun state has been arrested for
naming his dog Buhari,According to the report, Chinakwe
told his friend to kill the dog and eat
the meat as his accuser and his
kinsmen reportedly threatened to kill
the trader if he was released on bail
A dog was named Buhari
Joe Fortemose Chinakwe, a trader in
Ogun state has been arrested for
naming his dog Buhari.
Chinakwe was arrested after one of his
neighbours of Northern extraction
complained bitterly that he named his
dog after his father, Alhaji Buhari.
According to Vanguard, Chinakwe told
his friend to kill the dog and eat the
meat as his accuser and his kinsmen
reportedly threatened to kill the trader
if he was released on bail.
A relation to the suspect, identified as
Chiedozie, said Chinakwe was being
persecuted for no just cause and
expressed fears that he may either be
poisoned inside police cell or thrown
into jail.

“Chinakwe is a lover of dogs and he
names them after things that tickle him.
He bought this dog a year ago and
named it Buhari. Unfortunately, some
Northerners, who dominate the vicinity
where he resides misconstrued his
intention and connived to take him up.
The complainant then claimed it was
derogatory because his father answers
Buhari.”
But a police source said “he not only
named the dog Buhari but boldly wrote
it on the body of both sides of the dog
and was seen parading the
neighbourhood dominated by
Northerners with it.”
Confirming the arrest of the trader, the
acting Police spokesman in Ogun state,
Abimbola Oyeyemi said he was still
trying to get the Divisional Police
Officer in-charge of Sango for details.
“I have made enquiries. The man
bought a dog and inscribed Buhari on
both sides of its body. One Mallam
lodged a complaint and when our men
got there, we found out that it was
true. You know such thing can cause
serious breach of the peace and ethnic
or religious unrest. We are charging him
to court for conduct likely to cause a
breach of peace.”

He added that; “He was arrested last
Saturday and we are taking him to
court later today (Tuesday) or
tomorrow morning (today). You know
an average Northerner will feel bad
over such a thing. It can cause serious
ethnic crisis or religious confrontation
because when you are relegating such a
name to a certain person, you are
indirectly insulting him.”
But the spokesman said the dog will be
used as evidence against the suspect;
“The dog cannot follow anybody except
the owner. We will use him as our
evidence because he did not deny it.”.......