The Police in Ogun State, yesterday, released unconditionally, the 30-year-old trader, Joe Fortemose Chinakwe, who was arrested last Saturday for naming his pet dog ‘Buhari’.
The embattled trader, who was visibly angry after his three-day incarceration in police cell, was let off the hook around 5pm on Tuesday after the intervention of both the Serkin Hausa and President-General of non-indigenes in the state.
It was learned that the prompt intervention of the elders made the complainant to withdraw the case he reported against the trader at Sango-Ota division which was later transferred to Police headquarters at Eleweran.
However, police sources said both the complainant and suspect were made to sign an undertaking not to cause any breach of peace again. Speaking to journalists after this release, the trader, a father of two from the Niger Delta, who trades on second hand clothing lamented that he was made to suffer for no just cause.
Narrating his ordeal, Chinakwe said “It is annoying because the complainant is from Niger Republic and I am sure he is one of those illegal aliens in this country. He connived with one Police Sergeant from the Northern part of Nigeria called Musa, who works at Sango Police division to humiliate me. Worse still, the Divisional Police Officer there, did not help matters as he refused to entertain any plea from me after I was arrested that Saturday night. He simply ordered his men to throw me into the cell.”
Continuing, he said...
“I did not commit any offence. I named my beloved pet dog Buhari, who is my hero. My admiration for Buhari started far back when he was a military Head of State. It continued till date that he is a civilian President. After reading his dogged fight against corruption, which is like a canker worm eating into the very existence of this country, I solely decided to rename my beloved dog which I called Buhari, after him. I did not know that I was committing an offence for admiring Buhari.
“I was intimidated and thrown inside the cell with hardened criminals for about three days. While I was there, the complainant from Niger Republic and Sergeant Musa from the North kept on taunting me saying people from my part of the country are trouble makers and that after detaining me, they will throw me into prison where I will die unsung.
”Even when my wife came with our baby on her back, they stopped her from giving me food. One of my friends that came to see me was also maltreated. “While taking me to Eleweran the next day, they handcuffed and chained me together with that my friend. Fortunately, when we got to police headquarters, both the Commissioner of Police and other officers were angry with their colleagues at Sango-Ota. ”They were wondering loudly why I was brought to the headquarters over such a minor case. It’s very unfortunate that I have to be so humiliated in my own country because of the antics of a foreigner in connivance with my brother from the North.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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What did u expect
ReplyDeleteIf you admired Buhari so much, why not name your first son after him instead of a dog ? Don't you know it is an insult on the President...
ReplyDeleteYou be idiot what did u mean by dt ur comment. Say buhari na God?
DeleteThank you jare. Why is his son not Buhari or better change his own name sef to Buhari. Trying to justify himself.
DeleteIs it only your president that answer bihari?
DeleteGood advice!
DeleteEnter your reply...it's because "dog is man's best friend"....
Deletei did not know its an offense to insult a sitting president in Nigeria....
ReplyDeleteEnter your reply...this is democracy ,freedom of speech in allowed.
DeleteAll u commentors are talking trash. Every body has his fundamental right to give any pet any name. My fear is these guys from Niger who have gotten Nigeria I'd cards nd passports so easily BC they perform same religious act.I weep for Nigeria
ReplyDeleteDon't mind the idiot... No respect. Does he not know wat 'dog' signifies???
ReplyDeleteChinakwe is an Idiot,All Nigerians voted Buhari as our president and you are degrading entire Nigerians by naming ur dog"Buhari"You are higly stupid and uncultured.May God punish you with ur generations.Either the complainant is an indegene or not, u are higly stupid.The complainant should be nationalised as Nigerian.You are supposed to be jailled.Buhari is a Muslim,and Muslims hate dog,u should know this.How i wish u do this in the north,by now u are dead.
ReplyDeleteHe is indeed a boffoon. Many Nigerians have been reduced to a piece of trash because of tribal sentiment and religious bias.
DeleteI believe the name buhari did not start and will not end with our President... we have freedom of speech in this country, if I decide to name my dog buhari, come and arrest me I beg you! I will sue the hell out of anyone who tries it
ReplyDeleteI should buy a dog tomorrow and name it "Richard Benin" then....since there's no prob with that. Se?
DeleteIs it only the President bearing the name 'BUHARI'? Are there no others who bear the name before him? can this type of humiliated meant out to the Man be experience in developed countries? Police let be careful.
ReplyDeleteIt is time Nigerians learned to accommodate others and move on. I still do not see any offence on the part of Chinakwe, but peace we need. I imagine what would have gone down if the dog had been named Mohammed. Often times, illegal aliens who filter in from the north cause more troubles here than their kins in Nigeria, witness Maitesine by the Hausa-Cameroonian in the 80's; Beri-Beri people from Chad a la Boko Haram, among others. Afterall, Nigerian Fulanis are from Senegal, Guinea and Mali. They invaded the Habes (Hausas) and conquered them till date. The only remnants of the Hausa culture is the language they speak. Weak Nigerian northerners, always whipped into line by marauders.
ReplyDeleteThis is unfair treatment... I wish I could sue the NPF on his behalf
ReplyDeleteHa! People name their dogs, Jimmy, Clinton, Bill, Jeff etc. Names of former presidents of America. So what is wrong in naming your beloved dog after your beloved president or hero? People sef. Instead of going to fight crime, our police force is concerned with a dog's name.
ReplyDeleteU ppl are just wicked, any name can be giving to anything. Or if Buhari dies today, would he die with d name.
ReplyDeleteStupid country.make sure u maintain d name Buhari 4 dat dog,all dis mallam people take offence easily.it's high tym we Igbos starts doing same,cos any small tin dey will say it's Igbo and start killing us,how I wish Igbos behaves truly lyk d Isrealites we claim to be,an eye 4 an eye,if dey kill one,we kill 4 or more,madafuckers!
ReplyDeleteI dont understand this country. Honestly, this country needs deliverance
ReplyDeleteGod have marcy
ReplyDeletePlease we should wake up. Any name can be given any pet, 80% of the names given to pets are human names. We should not generate issues from this.
ReplyDeleteIs the president the only person named BUHARI? Despite the undertaken, this man should sue police. This is a gross abuse of human right and free speech.
ReplyDeleteHis son might be christian and can not bear the name Buhari. I guess is the reason he gave the name after his dog though to the level of admiration he has for both.
ReplyDeleteLook at the picture, doesn't Buhari look like the dog?
ReplyDeleteThey are like twins! Serves Buhari right!
Buhari does not even deserve to be my dog's name. All the mosquitoes in my street are named Buhari1, Buhari2, Buhari3,... Because he is a tyrant and troubles the common man just like the mosquitoes!
Some police officer are criminal that don't even know the law.
ReplyDeleteAlso, you shouldn't have name your dog Buhari the same way you can not name your son Bingo.
It is an insult of the highest order. No matter how much you admirer him
Lesson learnt
All these are bordered on religious believes, dog and pigs are Animals that are forbidden in Islam and no muslim should be called or referred to as dog or pig. Our christian brothers and sisters need to know this and also learn to respect our religious believes,one should not make a blank judgement on issues that he or she is ignorant of.
ReplyDeleteFollow peace with all men....says the bible, the guy sins not only against man, but God. He lied again to cover up. This is not an act a Christian should be involved in.
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