Court gives judgement on man who named dog Buhari
- Joachim Iroko who named his dog
Buhari has been released
- The court said the prosecutor did
not substantiate his case against
him
- The defence expressed delight at
the judgement
Joachim Iroko who caused
controversy when he named his dog
Buhari has been set free by a Chief
Magistrate’s Court in Sango-Otta on
Tuesday, July 25.
The 41-year old Nigerian was
reported to the police by one Haliru
Umar from Sokoto State in August
2016 for breach of peace after he
named his dog Buhari.
He was accused of harbouring hatred
for President Muhammadu Buhari
but his arrest sparked nationwide
criticism.
Premium Times reports that the
magistrate, O.O. Adebo ruled that
the prosecutor failed to substantiate
its case against Iroko and thus struck
out all the charges against him.
Iroko’s lawyer expressed delight over
the judgement and praised the court
for its ruling.
It will be recalled that Iroko raised
alarm about threat to his life.
Iroko and his wife observed strange
individuals lurking within the
precinct of their residential
apartment in Sango Ota, Ogun state.
On noticing the suspicious
movements, he took his wife and two
children to where they could get a
vehicle to convey them to a relation's
house to pass the night.
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