Re: The man who named his dog, Buhari, By Reuben Abati
Mobolaji Aluko
Folks:
Those of you that argued Joachim Chinakwe committed a “crime” and deserve to rot in prison, you may want to read the below from Dr. Reuben Abati, the ace Journalist for you education and enlightenment.
Like I have kept saying on this issue, it is Nigeria in question where ethnic hate trumps everything else. And I said it prior that those calling for Joachim Chinakwe’s head are wallowing in ethnic hate. Frankly, Nigeria cannot survive this way as One United country except by force of arms and savagery as presently is, the case.
Cheers.
Mazi KC Prince Asagwara
The man who named his dog, Buhari, By Reuben Abati
Posted on August 26, 2016 by Bode Dolu
Joe Fortemose Chinakwe, the man who named his dog after President Muhammadu Buhari is right now probably regretting his decision to honour his dog with the name of a man he considers his hero. He has been accused of trying to incite hate and breach the public peace. He has been arrested and re-arrested by the police and taken to a magistrate court, which promptly remanded him in prison until he is able to meet the conditions of his bail.
He has spent days in prison custody unable to raise the N50, 000 that he has been asked to pay. His family members have only so far managed to raise N20, 000. Even if he succeeds in putting that sum together, his life is still in danger because aggrieved persons in his neighbourhood, including a man who says he was trying to ridicule his father, have threatened to kill him, if he shows up. The police are not investigating this threat, but they seem so excited about dealing with the poor trader called Joe, for having the effrontery to name his dog, Buhari.
To protect himself, Joseph has allegedly put the dog to sleep, or thrown it away or whatever, in the hope that once the evidence is destroyed there will be no case against him. It is all so pitiable. Public opinion appears to be divided as to the nature and seriousness of Joseph Chinakwe’s alleged felony, with some people arguing that it is definitely an act of provocation and incitement for him to label his dog, Buhari so boldly and to parade the same dog in a neighbourhood where there are many residents of Northern extraction, whose feelings may be injured or who may perceive that he is trying to make a political statement.
Those who want him punished have therefore dismissed Chinakwe’s protestation that he is an admirer of the President, or that he means well. His defenders insist that he is entitled to free speech and there is nowhere in the statutes where a man can be punished on the basis of the perception that some people’s feelings may be injured, and hence, be prompted to commit murder. The law is not structured that way.
We are dealing, therefore with ethnic hate at the lunatic fringe. Nigerians have become so suspicious of one another, and inter-ethnic relationship is so poisonous that even the littlest innocent gesture could result in mayhem. This is why many have been killed for allegedly committing blasphemy or for insulting the religious sensibilities of some people. Remember the woman who was killed by her students for allegedly desecrating the Quoran. Remember Gideon Akaluka. Remember the woman who was recently beheaded in Abuja for daring to preach the Christian gospel. We are also dealing with disregard for human freedom, and Nigeria’s slip into a tragic season of intolerance. Why shouldn’t Chinakwe call his dog whatever name catches his fancy? Well, may be he should have chosen an Igbo name? But if we want national unity, why shouldn’t he take a name he admires from another part of the country?
Ali Baba, the ace comedian, like many others, has come out strongly in defence of Chinakwe saying he actually has a dog in his house named OBJ, and that is quite direct because only one man bears that sobriquet in this country, and neither OBJ nor his kinsmen have asked Atuyota to leave Yorubaland. One of the most famous pictures online is that of a goat named Goodluck Jonathan, with the name written on both flanks of it. President Jonathan’s wife was also once (July 2013) referred to as “shepopotamus” by Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka, and before our very eyes, President Olusegun Obasanjo, donated, to a conservation sanctuary, a chimpanzee, which he named Patience to make a point obviously.
The parody at the time was unmistakable. We all drew humour from all of that. What we seem to be dealing with right now, however, is the absurd deification of a name on ethnic and partisan grounds. It is curious that the Nigeria Police is devoting to the trial of Chinakwe, a feverish amount of energy that we have not witnessed with regard to more statutorily relevant offences. This hullaballoo over the giving of a dog a name that has led to its hanging and the likely punishment of its owner is one distraction too many. We are above all else, dealing with a storm in a tea cup, occasioned by a culture shock, and our underdeveloped understanding of the relationship between man and animals.
Chinakwe says he chose the name Buhari out of admiration. And he may well be right, and he would have been right, and there would have been no problem if he was living in Europe or North America. But he lives in a country where animals have no rights and no recognition other than as victims of human predators, and a dog in our culture is to be treated as an instrument or as meat for the soup pot. Elsewhere, a dog has earned its reputation in mythology and actuality, as a man’s best friend. The root of this is that a dog is considered the most beloved, the most loyal and the most dependable of all animals. People use dogs to guard their homes, to keep away intruders, even to play with children and as companions in the home. There are many stories and legends about the loyalty of dogs. Hawkeye is the name of a famous dog who lay next to the casket of its owner who died in active service as a US Navy SEAL.
There is a film, “Hachi, a dog’s tale,” starring Richard Gere, about Hachiko, a dog who greeted his owner at the train station everyday and after the owner died, the dog went to the same station for nine years. Recently, I posted on instagram the picture of a dog in Santa Catarina, Brazil, Negao the dog, whose owner died eight months earlier and the dog remained outside the hospital awaiting his owner’s return. In the United States, a police dog has been given a state burial, draped with national colours in appreciation of its loyal and meritorious service to the nation. Many centuries ago, Homer wrote inOdyssey, about a loyal dog, Argos who waited for Odysseus until he returned.
The established normal is that a dog can be trusted more than a human being. And this is why in other parts of the world, when people name their dogs after celebrities, they are actually paying compliments and showing respect. World figures like Elvis Presley, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Louis Vuitton, Mandela, Clinton, J. F. Kennedy and others have had their names given to either cats or dogs, and it is no big deal. Admirers transpose their feelings from man to animal. Joseph Chinakwe may actually be saying that President Buhari is a loyal, trustworthy, supportive, dependable and companionable Guardian of the Nigerian estate. It would have been a different thing perhaps if he had given that name to a tortoise, a rat, cat, a fox, or a chimpanzee. But in a country where every animal is considered a prey or a lower, spiteful creature, using the metaphor of a dog could be risky as the Chinakwe case has shown. In Nigeria, we treat animals badly, and we don’t consider anyone a friend, man or animal. We are vengeful, mean and suspicious. We are so scared we are even afraid of domestic and domesticated animals.
In other societies, animals are treated with greater respect and in the United States for example, the life of a dog is far superior to that of a human being in Nigeria. I have written about this twice: In “A Dog’s Life” (1996), I reflected on the life of a dog owned by Stanley Meisler (God bless his soul) and his wife, Elizabeth Fox, my hosts during my journalism programme at the University of Maryland, College Park, United States (1996 -97). I was shocked that the dog had a room of its own, a proper room, not a kernel, and whenever that dog fell ill, we took him to a dog hospital and Stanley bought drugs. I saw that dog living the life of a king, better catered for than many Africans.
I wrote another piece titled “A Hotel for Dogs” (July 23, 2006) about a five-star hotel in Bethesda, Washington, which attends to dogs as customers, and where dogs enjoy a life of luxury. Established in 2003, by PetSmart Inc., by 2006, there were 32 hotels of its type in the United States and the then spokesman of the group, Bruce Richardson, had boasted that by 2010, the plan was to have 240 such hotels across the United States. We are talking luxury, 23 USD per night, 33USD for a dog suite, as at that time, all pre-tax, plus provisions for pooch ice cream. In general, Americans spend about $40 billion dollars a year on household pets. I guess that is more than Nigeria’s annual budget even by today’s relative standards.
And so, what are we talking about? An American dog is a big man in Nigeria by all standards. But because we eat dogs and treat all animals badly in this country, in fact we have no regard for human beings (consider the hundreds that get killed, raped, kidnapped daily and nobody cares), we are bound to be incensed that anyone would name a dog after a deified political figure. Joe Chinakwe’s sins should be forgiven, albeit there is no morality in law, but the Nigerian judiciary should not expose itself to further ridicule by lending the weight of the law to such partisan trash that makes no sense. There are far more important issues requiring serious attention in this country today.
But in case nobody understands that and Mr Chinakwe and his counsel find themselves in a tight corner, they should put out a disclaimer and say their dog, living or dead, is filing for a change of name. That is perfectly within their rights to do. And should they find themselves in any other difficult situation, they have my full permission to rename the dog, Reuben Abati. But should you, dear reader consider this a bad name you wish to hang, you also have my full support, partnership and friendship to offer your own name.
If that will put an end to this circus over the name of a dog, and set Joseph Chinakwe free, and also remind us that we are in a democracy, please, help and so be it. By the way, I hear Chinakwe and his sympathisers finally managed, after a fund-raising appeal, to raise a sum of N90, 000 to perfect his bail bond and that he is now out of detention. Would somebody in a responsible position just put an end to this joke and let us focus on serious issues?
Credit: Reuben Abati
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Okechukwu Ukaga
Bolaji my broda,
I just wish the Nigerian police would be as interested in and effective at arresting the "Fulani cattlemen", that are destroying lives and property across the country. This dog palaver looks, to me, like the proverbial case of a house owner chasing rat while his house is on fire. According to news report even the Inspector General requested the case file. Priority?
Regards,
Okey
Mobolaji Aluko
Herdsmen/Farmers clash: I won’t tolerate acts of criminality- Buhari
•Gives reason for his anti-corruption war
•Says billions of Naira have been recovered
By Levinus Nwabughiogu
Following the incessant clashes between herdsmen and farmers across the federation, President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his administration would not tolerate any acts of banditry and criminality. He said that the security agencies in the country had been mandated to adequately deal with such act as it was capable of truncating the peace of the country.
It will be recalled that there had been frequent clashes between fulani herdsmen and farmers in many States particularly in Benue, Enugu, Adamawa, Ekiti which claimed several lives.
There had been a growing impression in some quarters that President Buhari had not come all out to condemn the herdsmen and find lasting solution to the problem despite ordering the security apparatus of the country to quell the clashes which they always fail to do.
But speaking yesterday at the graduation ceremony of the National Defence College, NDC, for Course 24 in Abuja, the president said his government was out to deal decisively with the matter. He also said that steps were being taken to rebuild the insurgency ravaged north east and tackle the emerging issues of restiveness and bombing of oil installations in the Niger Delta.
He said: “On the matter of Herdsmen/Farmers clashes, I wish to state that this Administration will not tolerate or condone acts of banditry and criminality, under any guise. As such, our security agencies have been mandated to deal with such acts decisively.
“Let me state that this Administration has been working assiduously in conjunction with our local and international partners, to rebuild damaged communities in North East part of our country. Similarly, we are committed to tackling the issues of underdevelopment and neglect in the Niger Delta area. This is a priority we have set before us and we intend to make appreciable gains in correcting the ills of the past in the Niger Delta by assuaging inherent grievances.”
The president also reiterated his pact with Nigerian upon his assumption of office, saying he was still committed to securing the country, improving the economy and fighting corruption. To this end, the president said his administration had recover billions of Naira from individuals and organizations.
“You will all recall that on being sworn into office on 29 May 2015, I outlined certain core areas of our national life that require immediate intervention, some of which I would like to reiterate here today. First, we should seek to secure the country, improve the economy and fight corruption. As it is, this is our unfinished business from the past and dates back to the creation of our republic, yet to this day, corruption and poverty remain our main natio
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Cornelius Hamelberg
Ken Asagwara,
It's time for some homiletics. Freedom of speech is okay, but don't forget : Respect begets respect and you must do unto others as you would like others to do unto you. It's known as the golden rule
I have read the uncle tom hack piece by your ace journalist Dr. Reuben Abati “for education and enlightenment” about the awful disrespect committed by some dog owner by the name of Joe Fortemose Chinakwe.
Abati is being palpably dishonest and transparently hypocritical and malicious in an underhand sort of way : “Joe Fortemose Chinakwe, the man who named his dog after President Muhammadu Buhari is right now probably regretting his decision to honour his dog with the name of a man he considers his hero”
It's sickening to read all the Western referents that he summons to bolster the rest his argument/ justification/ explanation, for the simple fact that we are talking about Nigeria. Should we ape the West in all things, including their lack of respect in certain areas? I challenge you, him and Chinakwe to go and try that kind of dog-naming nonsense in Saudi Arabia or Iran. Go there and name your dog after any of their heads of state or Supreme Leader that you consider your hero and see if you will only “rot” in prison...
Instead of going out of his way, looking for trouble, why doesn't Chinakwe name his dog “ Joe” after himself (self-love) or perpetuate any of the great family names, names of his heroes, icons, tribal leaders, tribal gods, and goddesses of which there must be many, chief of whom I could recommend, Achebe, Achidie (I guess for a female dog) Ojukwu (for an attack dog) and then you have a special name for the kind of dog who runs away with his tail between his legs.
But he had better be extra careful about naming any of his dogs after any of the religious personalities that are greatly respected by religious folks in general and as a matter of common decency. If Cameron named his dog after any African president you know that the whole continent would be up in arms - it could even lead to the dis-integration of the Commonwealth. And no , baptising you British bulldog “ Sir Winston” or “ Thatcher” wouldn't make matters worse.
Chinakwe has found the trouble that he was looking for and for all his pains, hopefull, also finds himself rotting in jail in Nigeria, for not knowing better. He did perhaps once muse philosophically, like Shakespeare, “ What's in a name?” - but by now, full of remorse and less disdain, regrets his earlier indiscretion. He could enter a simple plea for mercy, even rename his dog Cornelius Agrippa . That would be much better for him.
For your edification, here is another approach to education and enlightenment about the matter: Whereas the dog is “man's best friend” in the West (and don't forget that pork is also the Best of the West) in this case, the first thing that you have to know is the status of the dog in al-Islam – and armed with that kind of knowledge you are less likely to cause offence to those for whom the dog - and indeed the cow too is not sacred.
Over here in Sweden a controversy has raged over unholy Lars Vilks who has attracted the opprobrium of all decent folks. I think that he is still in hiding and or under police protection, twenty four hours a day, because there are some holy Muslim Warriors who believe that it is halal to make kebab out of him.
On a lighter note about dogs : Dogs from a Sufi point of View by Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh
Song poet asks : If dogs run free, then why not we?
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Okechukwu Ukaga
Dear Bolaji:
Yes, we can walk and chew, but as illustrated by the news articles posted below, we certainly have not been able to walk and chew.
Again, yes, WE CAN, but unfortunately, WE HAVE NOT! Why? Because we have officials who are in the habit of chasing rats even as houses they are supposed to oversee burns. Put in another way, these officials (either out of poor judgment, incompetence, misplaced zeal to please their boss, or whatever) “major in the minor and minor in the major”. As Farooq Kperogi rightly noted, “You can’t be paying over-sized attention to minor, inconsequential irritants while the country burns under your watch.”
The news report you cited actually illustrates my point, especially when considered together with the two I have provided below. Here you have a report on August 6, 2016 that President Buhari said his administration would not tolerate any acts of banditry and criminality and has, towards that end, mandated the security agencies in the country to adequately deal with such act for they are capable of truncating the peace of the country. Since then, has the police and other security agencies dealt with adequately deal with such act? Obviously, NO! The attacks by Fulani herdsmen (or perhaps boko haram-type terrorists masquerading as cattlemen) continue unabated. The most recent attack was just a few days ago. See (below) news reports of one of many attacks that illustrate the point. Yet rather than focus on the major security problems facing the country, the police is fiddling with minor issue like what someone named his dog—something that should clearly be a civil matter between the dog owner and anyone offended by the dog owners behavior.
Regards,
Okey
Published on August 25, 2016 by pmnews · 10 Comments
Fulani herdsmen on the rampage
Suspected Fulani herdsmen, Thursday morning, attacked Ndiagu Attakwu community, in Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State, killed a seminarian of the Catholic Church and wounded several others.
The incident came barely four months after a similar attack on Nimbo community left several persons dead.
DAILY POST reports that the armed herdsmen stormed the community at about 2 a:m, and butchered every person in one of the compounds and escaped after alarm was raised.
The traditional ruler of the community, His Royal Highness, Igwe Greg Ugwu, who spoke to journalists on the incident, said he was shocked that such horror was visited on his people without any form of provocation.
“There was no issue at all between them and my people. The only thing I heard is that they entered into the heart of the community Wednesday afternoon and a woman sounded a gong, after which the cows scattered; they got the cows together and left only to return in the night”, he stated.
It was gathered that the herdsmen entered the residence of the victims by climbing through the roof.
“As soon as they got it, they started butchering the occupants; the seminarian died instantly; another person had her intestines ripped off; four of the victims are battling for survival as we speak”, a community source disclosed.
The seminarian, identified as Lazarus Nwafor, an indigene of Orlu in Imo State, was said to have returned from his Apostolic work on Wednesday afternoon.
Meanwhile, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, who visited the community immediately has vowed to leave no stone unturned in order to bring the perpetrators to book.
Ugwuanyi spoke after visiting the Fulani settlement located at a valley in the community.
However, the governor and his entourage met a deserted camp, an indication that the herdsmen fled over night after the attack with all their properties.
Ugwuanyi later returned to the village square where he addressed enraged members of the community.
He said: “this morning, I received a report of an attack on Attakwu community by suspected Fulani herdsmen, during which one person, a seminarian was killed and four others injured; they are in the hospital at the moment.
“Even though the police have not conducted into the matter I hasten to condemn this act in the strongest terms and in its entirety as government will not tolerate wanton destruction of lives and properties anywhere in the State by any one or group under any guise whatsoever.
“I have already summoned the Fulani community and relevant security agencies this afternoon to review the situation and determine the appropriate action to be taken.
“It is indeed unfortunate that this is happening just few days after the commission of enquiry on Nimbo killings submitted an interim report and is about to complete its assignment.
“I wish to on behalf of the State Government sympathize with the family of the deceased and I assure them that government will do everything necessary to ensure that the culprits are brought to book.”
Speaking to journalists on the incident, the Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, the Rt. Rev. Calistus Onaga described the incident as a provocation too many.
He said: “few weeks ago, both the clergy and the laity gathered and showed their anger over the activities of these Fulani herdsmen; we were able to calm people down; we said let us give government a chance; but you can see the climax, a student has just been butchered; it looks like we are being targeted every year, we are being attacked.
“The government should do something about this; it is very painful; it is very sad. This is not the way to do things; all of a sudden these people have assumed another effrontery, they have assumed another boldness, they have assumed another attitude.
“If they cannot live with us together, let them quietly go; this is our land, we cannot pack out of this place.
“We are pleading with all the security agencies to look into this because at a time, people may not hold their patience again, there may be free range of anger and violence.
“Of course we are not prone to violence but at a time we can really be stretched so much that we will have no option than to defend ourselves. Life has been lost and to replace it is impossible.
“So, we are really sad; we are really in pain and I need to really summon the courage to address the Catholic Faithful on what happened; how would I explain it?”
While lamenting the death of the seminarian, Bishop Onaga said, “Look at where they came and did these things; go there you will see butchering, blood everywhere. Their cow was not killed, they themselves were not touched; just that they scared away their cows in the day time.
“Why would they kill an innocent boy just at the peak of his vocation? I pray and hope that our people will be restrained from over reacting. It is so painful; when I got this news, I was totally dis-organized.”
DAILY POST reports that it is still a tensed atmosphere as efforts were being made to stop the youths from launching a reprisal attack.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/08/enugu-herdsmen-attack-another-victim-dies-hospital/
Enugu herdsmen attack:
Another victim dies in hospital ON AUGUST 29, 20168:43 AMIN NEWSCOMMENTS
ENUGU—Another victim of the last Thursday’s dawn attack by herdsmen on Ndiagu,
Attaukwu in Akagbe-Ukwu community, Nkanu-West Local Government Area of Enugu
State, Mrs. Ifeoma Agbo, yesterday died at the Mother of Christ Hospital,
Enugu, Enugu State. Armed Fulani-herdsmen Mrs. Agbo was the mother-in-law, of
the six-month pregnant woman, whose stomach was ripped open by the over
50 rampaging herdsmen, who invaded their community and killed a
seminarian, Lazarus Nwafor. Meanwhile, reactions have continued to trail the
invasion of the village by the herdsmen as the Civil Liberties Organisation,
CLO, Senator Gilbert Nnaji and Enugu State Councillors Forum described the
incident as unwarranted and called on the state government to protect the
people of the state. CLO flays killings The Civil Liberties Organisation, CLO,
in a statement, yesterday, while condemning the brazen murder and killing
of innocent citizens in different parts of the South East region by herdsmen,
described it as callous. Mr Aloysius Attah, Chairman, CLO, South East Zone in a
statement, yesterday, said: “The latest incident that happened last
Thursday when Ndigbo were yet to get over the shock of the Nimbo and Uzo
Uwani killings in this same manner is callous, provocative, wicked,
premeditated and smacks of a clear intent to continue decimating a particular
ethnic group even in their own fatherland. Attah urged the governor of
Enugu State to immediately summon all the traditional rulers and
President General of all the communities in the state to ascertain the actual
number of communities harbouring the herdsmen in any form. He said further:
“This is pure act of barbarism and terrorism against the people while the
actors are emboldened to carry on in their ignoble role because we were made to
understand that some people own the country while others are second class
citizens. “We had noted that beside the killings at Nimbo, in Enugu State,
other cases have been reported at various parts of the South East,
including Amaoha in Ikwuano Local Government of Abia State, where a
herdsman was alleged to have pulled a rifle aimed at killing the traditional
ruler of the community and some of his subjects. “While we commend the Enugu
State governor, Mr Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and the Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese,
Rt. Rev. Callistus Onaga, for their prompt and timely visits to the scene of
the latest incident and their interface with the people of the area to douse
tension, we dare say that the situation has turned desperate and also needs
desperate solution. Senator Nnaji Meanwhile, Senator Gilbert Nnaji,
representing Enugu East Senatorial District, said he was particularly saddened
that the killing by the suspected cattle rearers happened again in Enugu, and
this time, in his senatorial constituency, just a few months after the gruesome
invasion and attack on Nimbo, another community in Enugu North Senatorial Zone.
Nnaji appealed to the leaders and people of Ndiagu Attakwu in Akegbe-Ugwu
community not to take laws into their hands by contemplating reprisal
action against the Fulani herdsmen anywhere in the state until investigations
were concluded. He, however, called on the Federal Government to be
more proactive in stepping up a “water tight security” in Enugu State and all
other vulnerable communities in the various states of the country where the
activities of suspected Fulani herdsmen are well pronounced. The lawmaker also
urged the owners of the cattle herds to urgently adopt a known practice in the
North-Western states like Sokoto and others, where grazing cattles are gagged
with strong woven raffia pouch before being allowed to graze through farm
lands. Relatedly, the Enugu State Councillors Forum,ESCF, has demanded the
immediate ban on any form of grazing throughout the perimeters of the state.
The former councillors also vowed as chief security officers in the 260 wards
in the state,to put its foots on the ground to forestall a recurrence of
the dastardly act in any part of the state.
Read more at:
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/08/enugu-herdsmen-attack-another-victim-dies-hospital/
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