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.”
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