A Chief Magistrate’s Court in Sango, yesterday, dismissed charges filed
against the man who named his dog ‘Buhari’ in a community in Ogun state.
Magistrate O. O. Adebo said the prosecutor failed to substantiate his
case against Joachim Iroko and consequently struck out all charges
preferred against him. Mr. Iroko’s lawyer was ecstatic, yesterday,
praising the court for the verdict.
Mr. Iroko, 41, was arrested in August 2016 for causing a breach of peace
after he was reported by his neighbour, for alleged insensitivity in
Mr. Iroko’s action of naming his dog after the President.
The neighbour, identified as Haliru Umar from Sokoto State, said Mr.
Iroko harboured sinister motives when he named his dog Buhari.
The arrest of Mr. Iroko sparked nationwide outrage in August 2016 and
critics accused the police of stifling constitutionally guaranteed
freedom.
The police denied that Mr. Iroko’s ordeal had anything to do with the
president but strictly about the breach of peace complaints received
from his neighbour.
The presidency also reacted to the arrest when Presidential
spokesperson, Garba Shehu, said the president paid more attention to
cartoon pages in the newspapers rather than following Mr. Iroko’s case
that was generating nationwide furore at the time.
Speaking with Vanguard after the verdict, the suspect, Joachim Iroko said he has been vindicated.
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