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 Vanguard 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. Complainant from Niger Republic 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.”
Why dog was named Buhari
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.
Ordeal with Police
“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.”
*Thank God you are safe and fine,Buhari will be glad to see you back i am sure.
LMAO...thank God they released you jare.
ReplyDeleteHis reasons though.
DeleteWe all have rights as individuals but it is only when you are alive you can talk about your rights oh.
Be careful, you are in the midst of people who can kill for flimsy reasons so stop looking for trouble.
Lmao@ buhari will be happy to see him bk
Delete@whirlwind,don't mind the silly man. No wonder the bible said'wisdom is the principal thing. Whatever else you get,get wisdom' they will just kill him and highest,go to jail for murder.
DeleteLol
ReplyDeleteOrisirisi
Stellaaaaaaaaaa....hahaha
ReplyDeleteEven tho he may be lying with his reasons, but some people actually do it Jare.
ReplyDeleteWhere those mumus saying they should deal with him na. Should I tell u ntoor or what. But trader u no try Sha, buhari isn't a dog so u shoulda bought a goat (the male) and named it buhari.
Why do you always cuss people who share nonconcordant opinion with u on here? U always do this sounding like u are all-knowing and it's annoying. Funny enough, you'd be the one with little knowledge of the subject at hand but you'd still be cussing those u are suppose to learn from and you'd be feeling like you's the shii. Can't u just swallow your insignificant pride and learn from pple who are obviously well travelled and more knowledgeable than u do here? Na wah! I never see !
DeleteLolz. So you are saying Buhari is a goat instead? I will call the police on you
DeleteIs buhari the only person named buhari in naija?? What's wrong with this country?
DeleteDon't mind them. What really is the big deal? And the person that reported him is not even a Nigerian!
DeleteHahaha Eka Joy, and a pig too. That Buhari of a somebody annoys the shit out of me.
DeleteEesah, Eka is a lost case and a lost soul. Nobody knows it all and being educated should rub off on one in a positive way...
DeleteThere should be a huge difference in the way an educated person and an illiterate argues...isn't that why we were to school? To do things differently, to be civil, to be refined etc.
The likes of sisi eko, Iphie, Ronalda, bonarparte will never insult people when making their submission or just because they disagree with others yet they drive home their points...
But this one who is a nobody and lacks home training will come here and be insulting her elders, calling people fools, idiots.
If we abuse her parents now it will be like one is going too far but don't forget that you are insulting other people's parents.
It is a blog but don't say you were not cautioned.
Name which goat Buhari? Eka Joy you are not Igbo if not you will know the 2 days riot this type of issue caused in Anambra State some years back.
DeleteWhat happened? The indigenes were not happy with the governance of ex- Gov Emeka Ezeife, the Gov with pure white long beards, his nickname was OKWADIKE, he passed some new laws sealing off some parts of the place where goats were sold, then the Hausa goat sellers at the Onitsha Niger Bridge Head got angry, held a demonstration and started naming their bearded goats Okwadike, wrote the name on goats with black and white paints.
Some Okada riders tied bandanas on their side mirrors with funny cloths drawn with white bearded he goats and were calling themselves Okwadike riders. The Gov made a live TV broadcast to state that anyone caught will be dealt with. 3 Hausa men paid for it because they refused to clean off the names on the goats.
This man should go and thank his stars, he is still alive, what manner of mumuism is this?
This esseh u muse be a big local fool,with that your uncooked kopmo mouth.
DeleteIs eka the cause is your problem?
What 's bringing knowledgeable and we'll travelled node this matter?
Abeg go and hide your inferior self.
Anon 9:47 God bless you. Nigerians like to incite violence
DeleteEka nwayo kwa. You mean your presido is as equivalent as he goat? Hahahahaha. Thank God he is alive to explain his ordeal, am sure his Buhari wouldn't know what his owner went through because of him.
DeleteAnon 9:34 you made a good point, I wish Ekajoy will learn but you're wrong about sisi eko, iphie and Bonaparte they abuse too, especially sisi eko who is quick to anger.
DeleteThank God for him
ReplyDeleteStella biko which of the Buhari will be glad to see him? Buhari the dog or Buhari the president?
ReplyDeleteBuhari the dog and buhari the presdent.
DeleteBuhari the dog 0f course😅😅😈
DeleteBoth, Eka Joy just added Buhari the he goat. Hahahaha
DeleteLmaoooooo..... Oga quickly conjure emergency love for Buhari. I wonder how his supporters feel about this love cos dem no dey like this kain thing. Dem go begin abuse the man now. .........the issue is still very hilarious. Abeg na this man dem call 30 year old trader? This papa?
ReplyDeleteLol. Nah sharp guy.
DeleteGrandpa self. Haahahahaha
DeleteNawa oo
ReplyDeleteWhat will I not read in the news...
Nigeria I hail thee..
If he had named his dog Obama nko?
Double wahala I guess.
If buhari is performing well,e for no pain dem say dem name d dog buhari. In fact,they will be happy people are naming their pets after d president.It's because they know d old man has nothing to offer Nigerians that's why e pain dem well. Na even tortoise dem for give d name. Naming a dog after him is respect sef. Ya rie nsi there!
DeleteThis country is just full with lawlessness. I remembered when people named their goats Jonathan yet GEJ didn't even mind them, nobody was arrested for that because it meant absolutely nothing.
ReplyDeleteThat was then my dear, change is here and no longer democracy.
DeleteSo why not name your dog Bella? Or better still name it after your father or husband and see how hilarious they find it. Oshisco!
DeleteAnon I beg go and sit down. It's a free country. People name their dogs Obama and Putin. They even name usain bolt all for admiration so what's the big deal? Instead of u to berate the police. There r real cases out there and they waste resources on silly non existent cases. Deport the idiot back to Niger!!
DeleteLWKMD....
ReplyDeleteChaiiii....9ja ma country i hail ooooh
Which way are we goin..???
Funny story,even if the man is lieing about the luv he has for buhari ,mehn this is funny.
ReplyDeleteHahahahaha! His reason is just so funny but might be true
ReplyDeleteI am not a Buhari apologist.
ReplyDeleteWhile i know it is not a punishable offence to give an animal a human name,I think naming a dog, an animal which most Nigerians see as disgusting after a president who is worshipped blindly by his admirers in an area dominated by people of northern extraction is foolish. If it were in the north, say in Kano state, he would have been dead by now.
Certainly not an offense under the law but still socially unacceptable.
And no he didn't name his dog after Buhari because he admired him. He did it for derogatory reasons. Buhari is no more than an animal to him, a dog. And I can i Aline him calling after his dog 'Buhari! Buhari! Just to spite the people he aimed to offend.
If someone named an animal after someone I loved, no matter the intentions, I too would be offended.
As Eka Malice wrote he should have given the name to a goat. I'm sure she would be glad if someone named a pig after her father.
Bless you @ anonymous 8:01, your comment is soo correct.
DeleteDon't mind Ekajoy she is not serious
DeleteAnon 9:47 wrote well too, the man is lucky
DeleteWell said! Some people just don't exhibit the common sense God gave them. Behaving like a foolish person. Imagine him calling that scrawny,ugly dog' buhari,buhari' in the midst of northerners! What did that innocent preacher woman do in abuja before being murdered? Nothing. Yet she was murdered. Exercise you civil rights with sense in this country because you have to be careful not to offend sensibities in a volatile country such as ours.
DeleteLol. What an excuse for naming his dog Buhari. He is lying jare.
ReplyDeleteLol. What an excuse for naming his dog Buhari. He is lying jare.
ReplyDeleteLies,how will u claim u love someone n name d person after your dog,story 4 d gods,he quickly changed b4 it will aggravate into a serious matter,na so them dey do sha am not surprised
ReplyDeleteFlavour named his deceased dog 'tupac'. One other dog I know bears 'Obama'...are u saying that d owners of the dogs hate this two personalities? I actually think u name a dog after a human being cos u love such a human being.
DeleteTupac is dead and Obama lives in america. Is buhari dead and is this america?
DeleteTupac is dead and Obama lives in america. Is buhari dead and is this america?
DeleteTupac is dead and Obama lives in america. Is buhari dead and is this america?
DeleteObasanjo named a monkey Patience and donated it to the Zoo. All join. Lol
DeleteI beg u guys r making a mountain out of a molehill. I can name my pet whatever I want! I hear people name their dogs tony so my brother should be beating up the owners cos his name is tony Abi? Or ot doesn't matter cos he's not the president???
DeleteMy pet pigeon is called osibanjo.oya come and arrest me.rubbish!
ReplyDeleteThank God for your release.
ReplyDeleteI don't believe this man. If he truly love Buhari as he said. He should name his child Buhari and not his dog.
ReplyDeleteOr he can smuggle Buhari as his middle name. He is just a trouble maker
His son kwa? Abormination. Who gey puppy here please, not Ekeuke o. I want to buy 6, one will bear Buhari, another, Obiakpo Buhari, another PBuharfi, another Buhari Efcc etc.
DeleteHaha Ada.
DeleteWho says all easterners hate Buhari, to start with?
ReplyDeleteHis incarceration is wrong on all levels and what I read here by even so called lawyers shocked me.
A country of sectionalism and inequality cannot stand.
1) It is not a crime to name your dog anything or even paint the name front and back! It can never be a CRIME!
2) those saying his action is likely to cause breach of peace are pissing me off. Anything is likely to cause breach of peace, a tatooed girl wearing a mini skirt in front of muslims, a christian carrying a Quran without performing ablution, a man rearing pigs in the neighbourhood, a set of suspected gay couple...JUST ABOUT ANYTHING can tick off a radical muslim!! What happened to tolerance?
It riles me that instead of condemning the intolerant party and his family member who threatened death on another person, people were here lauding him, saying the guy erred. it is alarming that in a country with so proclaimed independence and freedom for all, a simple act like this will be construed to be likely to cause breach of peace. If we allow this, then we can as well allow police victimisation and torture. To me, this was a case of FALSE IMPRISONMENT.
From the 'lil' I know about law.
-Breach of peace must be a severe conduct: conduct severe enough to cause alarm to ordinary people and threaten serious disturbance to the community.
-the police must not just simply believe that there is likelihood for a breach of peace BUT That breach of Peace must be so imminent, so certain, so about to happen that everyone can see.
-The person must not be kept for long and CAN NEVER be convicted! He will only be warned when the fire is down and let loose.
If this man's conduct in anyway is seen to be any of the above, then SERIOUSLY we need to begin to consider the possibility of breaking up the country because the union cannot work this way.(i'm even deciding to skip the rubbish the police constable said about his tribe)
As a crime- no.
As a tort- NAY. He has no locus standi to even sue him nor can he be heard by any court in the world.
So, what were you guys going on about?
I warn again, we are allowing impunity that will later bite us in the ass; people's freedom are being eroded and some people are supporting it:
Yesterday, it was a woman who didnt allow people perform ablution in front of her shop (some said she knew where she was, why did she not just let them) a woman who preached on the road(some people still said she was inciting violence), a man who was eating when some others were fasting(they said he was provocative), the other day, a church operating when Jumat was going on(they said why were they making noise with loud instruments), today a man named his dog and painted his dog or whatever! For how long do you keep justifying it?
I dont see this in the UK or US or Canada and yes, they are union countries like us.
So, a section of the country should be treated as eggs? Then why are you even together? Before, it was their land, now its coming down south.
Instead of this 'carefulness', why not divide so no one can get offended about stuff like this?
You just sounded like a dog on heat. Stop displaying your stupidity writing chronicles on top this issue. Oya, run along, have given you 5secs of attention. I hope a neighbour names a pig after your or your fada. Fool
DeleteBonaparte, sorry I beg to differ. You don't jump in front of a moving train to prove a point. your submission is very correct but can only apply if we lived in saner climes.
DeleteThe entire armed forces is saturated with the fulanis and hausas. They are at the helm of affairs. So who do you run to? God help you if you're igbo, not even a Yoruba man will be willing to help. That's the unfortunate reality in this country.
We are plagued with tribalism and religious sentiments. Until the day God decides it's time for Nigeria to divide, this and much more will keep happening. Best thing is to stay out of harm's way.
This guy is very lucky. I think social media helped his case a great deal. Many people have been silenced in the most brutal way for even lesser 'offences'.
Anony 09:41, you're the fool here.
DeleteAnon 09:41: hahahhahahahah. Why do you sound so offended? Are you the dog or the man from Niger or the pig about to be named after my father? It will be great honour if you could be so named, atleast you'd have a name and not be Anon 09:41. Im sure my father would be honoured.
DeleteKindly get on with your day's job. Assuming you have one. Thanks for the attention, troll.Lmao.
Anon 9:41...is it your opinion???
Deletemind your business!
@BonaPart NN. Key word: I warn again, we are allowing impunity that will later bite us in the ass.#word.
DeleteNa so we see am for Naija o. You can see the mindset of your poeple, Anon 09:41 is number one example. Buhari ass licker.
DeleteWise one bona,if we cannot tolerate each other then separation should be the best.
DeleteWell said@ BonapartNN.
DeletePL: I agree with you that people should guide themselves with the reality on ground. E.g Even in America, black communities are presently angry and they're attitudes a white man will go and exhibit there, even if he is within his rights can get him lynched. I understand you very much. I'm only sad that these things happen. And I only wish we could condemn it more often. You need to see all I read on Vanguard site yesterday. Just cos you hate a tribe, you cant even condemn what is wrong. People gloating and all forgetting what goes around has a way of coming back.
Delete@Serenity, Dietitian, Adadiora: its sad people cannot express themselves on the internet without rancour. Dissing is ok and funny but outright abuse is just bad. We all have our opinion. Its stuff like this that led to the man's imprisonment in the 1st place.
@Miss Truth: my dear, tomorrow now it may happen in higher magnitude. Remember how the Godfather (Mario puzo) spoke about taking little disrespect and how it later turns to another thing.
@Triumphant: i'm beginning to see the point of those who ask for separation or restructuring. Sadly.
Y d idiot no name his dog Ojukwu some people just want to cause tribal war for no just cause, he named it Buhari den printed d name on it, d guy feel we re fool he changed his story sharp sharp.
ReplyDeleteYour own idiot na raise to power 7. Stupid tribalist fool. Is Ojukwu Niger Delta man? Is it only Igbo you people see here. Continue hating on tribe that is far better than you.
DeleteMmacalabar it is Buhari the ekuke and not president Buhari that will be happy his master is back
ReplyDeleteBuhari the ekuke...hehehehehehe
DeleteOkay oh@love me jeje. Thank you
DeleteYou were supposed to be kept permanently in the cell. Saying shit to justify his action.
ReplyDeleteWell you are an Illiterate, permanently in the cell? Whatever for? The government love zombies like you.
DeleteYou are sick
DeleteVery sick.
DeleteStory for the gods..........bros for your church mind, talk true.....lol
ReplyDeleteMy own is not what was named what but how this "young man" of 30 will say his admiration for Buhari started back when he was military head of state. My brother, 30 years ago, IBB was HOS so you weren't even born talk more of admiring then. Abi na as spermatozoa you take do the admiration? Or is it that you read history books and admired the Buhari you read about? Biko, tell us your real age and leave football age
ReplyDeleteMy role model is Paul the apostle,I wasn't born in his time but I read about him, and I strive daily to be so much like him.
DeleteAbegi...story story! why didn't he give the dog his own name or his father's??? Nonsense!!!
ReplyDeleteHow about the period when everyone was naming all living things goodluck? Stupid goats. Even if he named the dog out of hatred for buhari, is that a crime? The Niger guy should be dealt with seriously. This is how they start tribal wahala. We are yet to recover from one and the goat wants to start another.
ReplyDelete@mary,people were naming their children good luck though and not their cats and dogs and pigs. They named their children good luck in the hope that the good luck that trailed Jonathan all his life will also follow their.
DeleteNa waoo.. All this Buhari this and that no concern me
ReplyDeleteAbeg who know where I go see satin bridal kimono buy for lagos ?
And i ve named my pig #Buhari yesterday ! Oya come And arrest me ! Useless And confused nation !
ReplyDeleteA foreigner for that matter. Shame on that Musa...in short I will name my own dog Musa the Police.
ReplyDeleteNyanga dey sleep,trouble go wake am na dis man case.....he had n ulterior motive when he named his dog buhari nd now wey kasala don burst, he's quickly changed his tongue...
ReplyDelete*Faithful bv*
Nigeria police and its legendary overzealous attitude!Harasslng citizens daily over nothing.By the way,it is important to note that what is legally right may be socially and morally insensitive. Why not name the dog after your parents? It is expected that you love them too, perhaps, even more than you love buhari. Nonsense!
ReplyDeleteI read from start to finish but how can he say he is 30 years old?
ReplyDeleteOga, Are you a footballer?
LO LET HAVE RESPECT FOR GOD ND MAN.
ReplyDeleteLO LET HAVE RESPECT FOR GOD ND MAN.
ReplyDelete