Over the weekend, Mr
Chinakwe was arrested by the men of the Ogun State Police Command for naming
his pet dog Buhari after one of his neighbours reported him.
SANGO Otta clothing trader
Joe Chinakwe who was recently arrested for calling his pet dog Buhari has been
released from police custody after the local Serkin Hausa intervened making it
clear that the person who reported him was not even a Nigerian.
Mr Chinakwe, 30 of No 10,
Omikunle Street, Sango-Otta, was said to have later killed the dog to prevent
it being used in evidence against him.
Yesterday, however, the
police in Ogun State, released him unconditionally following the intervention
of both the Serkin Hausa and the president-general of non-indigenes in the
state.
Following his release, a
visibly angry Mr Chinakwe said he was particularly offended because the person
who reported him was not a Nigerian but from Niger Republic. Apparently, the prompt intervention of the
elders made the complainant to withdraw the case he reported against the
trader.
However, police sources
said both the complainant and suspect were made to sign an undertaking not to
cause any breach of peace again. Mr Chinakwe, a father of two from the Niger
Delta, who trades in second hand clothing lamented that he was made to suffer
for no just cause. He added that the complainant was from the Niger Republic
and he was locked up for three days without committing any offence.
"It is annoying
because the complainant is from the 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 the 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,” Mr Chinakwe added.
He pointed out that he
named his pet dog Buhari because the president is his hero and his admiration
for President Buhari dates back to when he was a military head of state. Mr Chinakwe
added that he opted to name his dog Buhari recently because of the president's
dogged fight against corruption in the country.
"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 and 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," Mr Chinakwe added.
you can name your dog whatever you want
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