How Hausa community leader saved “Buhari” dog owner from police net
Joe Fortemose Chinakwe, the 30-year-old trader arrested last Saturday for naming his pet dog “Buhari” has been freed.
Joe left the Eleweran Police Headquarters, Abeokuta on Tuesday around 5pm after a three-day incarceration in police cell.
The “Hausa” neighbour, a mallam, who reported Joe to the police said his father’s name was “Alhaji Buhari”. So he found it offensive a dog next door would bear the same.
Both men live at 10, Omikunle Street, Sango-Ota, Ogun State. The area is dominated by Hausas. Joe is from the Niger Delta.
The Serkin Hausa and President-General of Non-Indigenes in Ogun state is said to have intervened in the case to secure freedom for the trader.
The police heeded the elder’s plea that the accused be released after both the complainant and the suspect were made to sign an undertaking not to cause any breach of peace afterwards.
After regaining freedom, 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 Musa, a police sergeant from the northern part of Nigeria, who works at Sango Police Division to humiliate me.”
Joe’s detention was condemned by many Nigerians who urged the police to focus on arresting real criminals.
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