Over the weekend, Mr Chinakwe was arrested by the men of the Ogun State Police Command for naming his pet dog Buhari after one of his neighbours reported him. Mr Chinakwe, 30 of No 10, Omikunle Street, Sango-Otta, was said to have later killed the dog to prevent it being used in evidence against him.
Yesterday, however, the police in Ogun State, released him unconditionally following the intervention of both the Serkin Hausa and the president-general of non-indigenes in the state.
Following his release, a visibly angry Mr Chinakwe said he was particularly offended because the person who reported him was not a Nigerian but from Niger Republic. Apparently, the prompt intervention of the elders made the complainant to withdraw the case he reported against the trader.
However, police sources said both the complainant and suspect were made to sign an undertaking not to cause any breach of peace again. Mr Chinakwe, a father of two from the Niger Delta, who trades in second hand clothing lamented that he was made to suffer for no just cause. He added that the complainant was from the Niger Republic and he was locked up for three days without committing any offence.
"It is annoying because the complainant is from the Niger Republic and I am sure he is one of those illegal aliens in this country. He connived with one police sergeant from the northern part of Nigeria called Musa, who works at the Sango Police division to humiliate me.
"Worse still, the divisional police officer there did not help matters as he refused to entertain any plea from me after I was arrested that Saturday night. He simply ordered his men to throw me into the cell,” Mr Chinakwe added.
He pointed out that he named his pet dog Buhari because the president is his hero and his admiration for President Buhari dates back to when he was a military head of state. Mr Chinakwe added that he opted to name his dog Buhari recently because of the president's dogged fight against corruption in the country.
"I did not know that I was committing an offence for admiring Buhari. I was intimidated and thrown inside the cell with hardened criminals for about three days and while I was there, the complainant from Niger Republic and Sergeant Musa from the north kept on taunting me saying people from my part of the country are trouble makers and that after detaining me, they will throw me into prison where I will die unsung.
”Even when my wife came with our baby on her back, they stopped her from giving me food. One of my friends that came to see me was also maltreated," Mr Chinakwe added.
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