More trouble for man who named dog Buhari as THIS happened after he was released

– Mr. Joachim Chinakwe has been rearrested by the police after he was initially released

– The traders is to be arraigned on Monday

– His wife says the issue has affected the family

Mr. Joachim Chinakwe who was arrested by the police for naming his dog Buhari has been arrested again shortly after he was released.

The 41-year-old trader was apprehended by police after a neighbour reported to the police that he named his dog as an insult to his father.

Chinakwe was however released on Tuesday and claimed he named his dog Buhari due to his love for President Muhammadu Buhari.

The Punch reports that the Niger Delta trader was however rearrested on Friday, August 19 and locked up at locked at the state police headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta.

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Chinakwe claimed his life was in danger as he didn’t know what would happen to him next.

“I had to leave for Eleweran very early on Friday after receiving a letter on Thursday evening inviting me to the Command. I thought I was being called over for a peace talk, I never knew it was for the purpose of detaining me again.

“I am a law-abiding citizen of this country, I have never deliberately committed any offence before, I don’t know why I am being treated like this. I only called the dog that name for the love I have for President Muhammadu Buhari and Nigeria, I didn’t mean to taunt or hurt anybody with it. I don’t know what next could follow this, I am afraid for my life, I am in danger, please help me.”

Ifeoma who is the wife of the trader said he husband’s ordeal in the past week has affected her and her 18-month-old daughter.

The heavily pregnant woman said she and her daughter have been on medication since the whole issue started.

In tears, she said: “This is the saddest period of my life. Since I met and married my husband three years ago, I have never felt this bad or suffered this much. But since this problem started, I and my daughter have been badly affected,” she continued. “When I went to the police station last Sunday morning to see him, the officers instead of allowing me in, started abusing me. They told me that they would make sure I give birth behind my husband’s cell. Even though I was crying and pleading with them to allow me see him, they kept abusing me, not minding my present condition.

“Since that day, I have not been able to eat well. Also, I and Temi have been very sick and we have been on medications. On several occasions she would wake me up at night, crying and asking after her father. I don’t know what to tell her, so I would also cry.

“The two of us cannot sleep in the house alone, so in the evenings, I go to my aunty’s house at Ojuore to stay till morning before returning home. I am just praying that all the stress that I have been through and tears that I have shed the past few days don’t affect the baby or even make me to lose the child because already, I am not as healthy as I was before this problem started. I won’t lie to you; life has not been the same for me and my daughter without him around.”

Obinna Obasi who is a relation to the detained man said the family had gone through a lot since the case started.

“This matter has really drained us financially. The little that we even have has been exhausted. We have spent everything on us to get a lawyer and also run around trying to find a solution to this problem. In fact, a few days ago, we had to borrow some money from a micro finance bank because we didn’t want him to remain and die in police cell. The first lawyer we paid to handle the case for us disappeared with our money. We had to go beyond our power to raise money to hire another lawyer. To be honest, I cannot estimate the amount of money we have spent so far on this case in trying to get Joe released.”

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“Kalilu, the main accuser, said Buhari was the name of his father and that Joe deliberately gave his dog that name to taunt him and the rest of the Hausa residents in the area. But we are still wondering if it is now an offence to give your pet animal the name of your choice. Even if you say it is an offence, at least we have all sat together to resolve the whole issue and the man himself has shown some sense of responsibility by saying he was sorry if his action offended anybody. So, why is he still being harassed till now? This is not fair. His persecution is affecting his pregnant wife and little daughter who have both been very sick as a result of the problem.”

Abimbola Oyeyemi who is the spokesperson of the Ogun state command confirmed that the trader was in detention and would be arraigned on Monday, August 22.

He said: “The man is here with us at Eleweran, he is being detained at the Criminal Investigation Department. The charge will be prepared and he will be arraigned at Sango Magistrate Court on Monday. What he did was highly provocative, it can cause ethnic and religious crisis.”

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