How Northerners in my community ganged up, killed Buhari my lovely dog
He did not envisage what befell him penultimate Saturday, after coming back to his house in Sango-Ota area of Ogun State. Joe Fortemose Chinakwe, 40, a trader, said he was relaxing with his family when one of his neighbours from Niger Republic accosted him and demanded why he named his pet dog ‘Buhari’. Before he knew what was happening, friends of the foreigner also burst into his house and were threatening to deal with him if he failed to give a reasonable explanation.
At this stage, some neighbours intervened and they all ended up at Sango-Ota police station where he was detained for two days before being transferred to the state Police headquarters at Eleweran in handcuff and chain.
He was let off the third day after the swift intervention of both the Serikin Hausa and President-General of non-indigenes in the state. The embattled trader from Okwuzu in Aniocha Local government Area of Delta State said he was traumatized by the incident and still feels so bad especially, when he noticed that his ‘lovely dog, Buhari’, has disappeared mysteriously after he regained freedom.
The father of two bared his mind to our Crime Editor, Emma Nnadozie at Sango-Ota.
He however did not see any harm in the name, My dog is my best friend and would give him the best name ever!
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