President-MuhammaduBuhari<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nCharges have been dropped against a 41-year-old Nigerian man who named his dog after President Muhammadu Buhari.<\/p>\n
Joachim Iroko, a market trader also known as Joe Fortemose Chinakwe, was arrested in 2016 accused of conduct likely to cause a breach of the peace.<\/p>\n
A judge in south-west Ogun state found the prosecution had failed to substantiate the charges against him.<\/p>\n
The arrest sparked nationwide outrage. Critics accused the police of stifling constitutionally guaranteed freedoms.<\/p>\n
At the time, presidential spokesman Garba Shehu said that Mr Buhari must be having a good laugh about the story and that anyone linking him to the dog incident was displaying their ignorance.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Nigeria\u2019s daily Vanguard newspaper after the ruling,\u00a0Mr Iroko said he had been vindicated\u00a0and thanked all those who had spoken out on his behalf.<\/p>\n
Mr Iroko\u2019s lawyer said the prosecution had repeatedly failed to present witnesses and that the complainant was also absent.<\/p>\n
The man who lodged the complaint in August 2016 was reported to be a neighbour.<\/p>\n
\u2018My hero\u2019<\/h2>\n
Mr Iroko walked his pet \u2013 with the name Buhari painted on both flanks \u2013 in an area where support for the president was high, police said at the time.<\/p>\n
Officers said they were worried the move could antagonise people, though he insisted it was meant as a compliment and that people had misunderstood him. Mr Iroko said he named his dogs after his role models, and that others had been called Nelson Mandela and Obama.<\/p>\n
\u201cI named my beloved pet dog Buhari, who is my hero\u2026.My admiration for Buhari started far back when he was a military head of state.\u201d<\/p>\n
He later told local media he had received death threats over the perceived slight.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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