Man who named dog ‘Buhari’ meets bail and released from jail finally

• The 41-year-old Joachim Iroko has been released from prison
• Mr Iroko was held in custody for naming his dog Buhari
• The 41-year-old has met the terms of his bail which was set at N50,000

The Ogun state trader who named his pet dog ‘Buhari’ and raised feud among his neighbors was transferred to prison while his family sought money for his released. Mr. Iroko met his bail conditions yesterday after receiving about N90,000 through fundraising appeal coordinated by a human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong. He was released around noon on Thursday, August 25, and he went straight to his residence in Sango-Otta, Ogun state.

Mr Iroko was first arrested on August 14 after police received complaints from a neighbour, Halilu Umar, that he had named his dog ‘Buhari’ in an apparent attempt to ridicule his father, whose name is ‘Alhaji Buhari’. The matter had generated huge interest across Nigeria and sparked debates about free speech. Joe Chinakwe, spent three days in prison in Ogun state as his family was unable to meet the bail conditions granted to him, the Vanguard reports.

The man was granted the bail in the sum of N50, 000 with two sureties in like sum by an Ogun state magistrate court for naming his pet dog ‘Buhari’. Family sources told reporters that they were able to raise only N20, 000, but could not complete the whole sum.

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