Police in Ogun State has arrested a 30-year-old trader for
naming his pet dog ‘Buhari.’ Joe Fortemose Chinakwe, the trader, of No 10,
Omikunle Street, Sango-Ota, Ogun State, was reportedly arrested last weekend,
after one of his neighbours of Northern extraction complained bitterly while
alleging that he named his dog after his father, Alhaji Buhari.
It was learned that the complainant reported the case at
Sango Police Station, last Saturday, after which the trader was arrested and
detained.
However, reports have it that efforts by the police to
recover the dog, which they intended using as evidence failed following a
clever move by the suspect.
The trader, who is said to be trading in female wears at a
popular market in Sango, allegedly directed his friends secretly to kill the
dog and possibly eat the meat in order to avoid being implicated. According to
reports, consistent appeals by his friends and relations for the police to
grant him bail has failed as the complainant and his kinsmen reportedly
threatened to kill the trader if he was released on bail.
The case, however, took a different dimension two days later
when Chinakwe’s relatives went to Sango police station to further plead for his
bail only to be informed that the case file and the suspect have been
transferred to Ogun State Police Command headquarters at Eleweran.
Chiedozie, a relation to the suspect, told Vanguard that his
brother was being persecuted for no just cause and expressed fears that he may
either be poisoned inside police cell or thrown into jail.
According to Chiedozie, “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.”
A Police source, however, told Vanguard that the actions of
the suspect “were very provocative.”
The 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.”
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