40-year-old Joachim Chinakwe who was arrested for naming his dog ‘Buhari’ has been arraigned in court.
He was arrested on August 13, 2016, and was arraigned before a Sango Magistrate Court, Ogun State on Monday August 22, 2016.
The charge read in part,
He was arrested on August 13, 2016, and was arraigned before a Sango Magistrate Court, Ogun State on Monday August 22, 2016.
The charge read in part,
“That you, Joachim Iroko ‘m’ (a.k.a Joe) and another still at large on the13th Day of August, 2016 at about 1730hrs at Ketere area Sango, in the Ota Magisterial District did conduct yourselves in a manner likely to cause breach of peace by writing a name BUHARI on a dog and parading same in the Hausa section of Ketere market Sango Ota and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 249(d) of Criminal Code Laws of Ogun State of Nigeria, 2006.”He however pleaded not guilty to the charge and was granted a N50,000 bail with two sureties..




Only in Nigeria, this is abuse of human right.
ReplyDeleteThis is too much abeg!
ReplyDeleteTyranny rules!!! So someone needs to go to CAC or whatever body they want to setup to check for available names for their pets. interesting..
ReplyDeleteNonsense.
ReplyDeleteplease we need people,lawyers to speak against this injustice,where are the igbo leaders and group
ReplyDeleteForget Igbo nonsense. Am an Igbo man but objectivity can only be questioned by God.
DeleteThis man deserve more than what he got. How dear you? Imagine an aboki writing ojukwu in the body of a goat and parading it through Onitsha market.
Now tell me what you think will happen to him?
It's time we the young grow out of this madness of ethnic divisibility and focus on issue at hand
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DeleteForget Igbo nonsense. Am an Igbo man but objectivity can only be questioned by God.
ReplyDeleteThis man deserve more than what he got. How dear you? Imagine an aboki writing ojukwu in the body of a goat and parading it through Onitsha market.
Now tell me what you think will happen to him?
It's time we the young grow out of this madness of ethnic divisibility and focus on issue at hand