Dog named Buhari: PMB has no hand in man's arrest - Shehu

– Buhari’s media aide, Garba Shehu says the president had no hand in Joachim Chinakwe’s arrest after he named his dog Buhari– Shehu says those linking the arrest of Chinakwe to President Buhari are just displaying their ignorance of the type of person the president is– He says the president must be having a good laugh over this whole thingThe presidency has reacted to the arrest and release of 41-year-old JoachimChinakwe, who popularity soared after he named his dog Buhari.According to Garba Shehu, senior special assistant to the president on Mediaand Publicity, those linking the arrest of Chinakwe to President Buhari following the dog incident are just displaying their ignorance of the type of person the president is.Shehu took to his Facebook page to make this know.He said:“I am thinking of saying, using my own handle that people linking thePresident to this dog incident are just displaying their ignorance of the type ofperson he is.“He enjoys cartoons and likes sharing them. The ones he enjoys the most arethose that caricature him. It is cheap and sensational to say he can order a police action against a caricature. When he picks a paper, the first page he reaches for is the cartoon page. He laughs and laughs.“The President must be having a good laugh over this whole thing.“People should listen to the real story behind this dog incident and to not waste precious time seeking the hand of the President in a laughable incident.”READ ALSO: Foreign media tag arrest of man in Buhari dog saga ‘weird’ recalls that Joachim Fortemose Chinakwe, a trader in Ogun statewas arrested on Tuesday, August 16 for naming his dog Buhari.Chinakwe was arrested after one of his neighbours of Northern extraction complained bitterly that he named his dog after his father, Alhaji Buhari.But having met the conditions for his bail,Chinakwe was released after spending three days in prison.