Foreign Media has reacted to the arrest of a trader, Joachim Chinakwe, for naming his dog after President Muhammadu Buhari.
The British Broadcasting corporation (BBC) analysed Twitter users’ reaction, quoting Reno Omokri.
The BBC reported:
Twitters users reacted to the arrest with a mixture of amusement and concern.
“If we keep quiet when they arrest the man who named his dog Buhari who will talk for us when they arrest us for criticizing the real Buhari?” said Reno Omokri.
Buzzfeed described the Nigerian police as being “overzealous”.
It wrote: “Thirty-year-old Nigerian trader Joachim Chinakwe is a big fan of his country’s current head of state, Muhammadu Buhari. So much so that, he says, he recently decided to name his pet dog after the president.
“Unfortunately, things got weird for Chinakwe after a feud with a neighbor and the police’s overzealousness.”
New York Times hinted in its report that Chinakwe got into trouble for doing what he did in a place where the president is popular.
It reported: A man who wrote the name of Nigeria’s president on his dog and paraded the pet in an area where the leader is popular has been charged with breaking the peace.
Police said they arrested Joachim Chinakwe after a neighbor complained that the display in southwestern Ogun state was provocative.
Meanwhile, the Nigerian presidency has spoken about the arrest after a prolonged silence.