Man Who Named His Dog Buhari Sent To Prison
An Ota Magistrate Court, sitting in the Sango-Ota area of Ogun State, on Monday remanded Joachim Chinakwe, the man who named his dog Buhari, in prison, as he failed to meet his bail conditions.
The trader was arraigned before the Court by the police on a one-count charge of conduct likely to cause a breach of the peace, following his re-arrest by the state police command on Friday.
He has now been remanded at the Ibara Prison.
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The 30-year-old was said to have paraded his dog, with an inscription Buhari at the Hausa section of Ketere market in Sango area, which led to his arrest by the police.
According to the police prosecutor, Inspector Itaita Ebibomini, the accused committed the offence on Saturday, August 13, 2016, at the Market in Sango-Ota in the Ota, where he allegedly paraded the dog with the offending inscription on its body, in a bid to incite his neighbours.
The charge read: “That you, Joachim Iroko, aka Joe, and others still at large, on Saturday, August 13, 2016, at about 5.30pm at the Ketere area, Sango, in the Ota Magisterial District, did conduct yourselves in a manner likely to cause breach of the peace, by writing a name, Buhari, on a dog and parading same in the Hausa section of Ketere Market, Sango, thereby, committing an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 249 (d) of the Criminal Law of Ogun State, Nigeria, 2016.”
Mr. Chinakwe’s counsel, who pleaded not guilty to the charge, asked the judge to grant his client a bail as the offence is a bailable one.
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The Chief Magistrate, B. J. Ojikutu, admitted him to bail in the sum of N50,000, with two sureties in like sum, adding that the sureties must be regular taxpayers in the state.
However, Chinakwe was unable to meet his bail conditions, which meant he had to be remanded in prison custody, pending when the bail conditions are met.
The case has been adjourned till September 19, 2016.
