Finally, the man Joachim Chinakwe whose arrest about a week ago for naming his dog Buhari caused quite a stir in the media has been arraigned before a Sango Magistrate Court, Ogun state.
He was subsequently remanded on Monday at the Ibara Prison following his arraignment at the Ota Magistrate Court 2, Ogun State.
The 40-year-old Chinakwe, was arrested on August 13, 2016, at Ketere area of Sango Ota.
The man was charged for acts capable of disrupting public peace.
The prosecutor, Inspector Itaita Ebibomini, said the accused committed the offence on Saturday, August 13, 2016, at the Hausa section of Ketere Market in Sango-Ota in the Ota Magisterial District.
The prosecutor told the court that the offence was punishable under Section 249 (d) of Criminal Law of Ogun State, Nigeria, 2016.
The accused, who was represented by a counsel, U. Michael, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
According to the charge document, the trader is said to have behaved himself in a manner capable to cause breach of peace by naming his of Buhari and parading same at Hausa section of Ketere market in Sango area.
The one count charge reads, “That you Joachim Iroko aka Joe and other still at large on Saturday 13th day of August 2016, at about 5.30 p.m. at Ketere area Sango, in the Ota Magisterial District did conduct yourself 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 and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 249 (d) of Criminal Code of Laws of Ogun State of Nigeria, 2016.”
The Chief Magistrate Ojikutu thereafter has granted the accused bail in the sum of N50,000 and two sureties who must be regular payers of tax in the state, in same sum. Chinakwe pleaded not guilty to the charges. The trader was arrested and detained in police cell in Sango Otta, Ogun state, for three days after his neighbour blamed him for naming his dog ‘Buhari.’ Meanwhile, Chinakwe claimed the dog was named after President Muhammadu Buhari, who he said was his hero.
But a picture appeared in Naraland on Monday which indicated a similar incident under the previous administration of Goodluck Jonthan which passed without stirring any form of controversy talk the less of arrest and arraignment of the protagonists.
In the referred case, a man paraded the street with a goat with a large inscription of the name Jonathan.
