Buhari Has No Hand In Ordeals Of Man Who Named His Dog ‘Buhari,’ Presidency Swears

The Nigeria Presidency has made it clear that President Muhammadu Buhari has no hand in the ordeals a man who named his dog ‘Buhari’is reported to be going through.

The President’s spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, who reacted to the controversy, for the first time since it started, said that if anything, his boss has always been in love with cartoons and caricatures.

“He (President Buhari) enjoys cartoons and likes to share them. The ones that he enjoys most are those that caricature him”

In his reaction via microblogging site, Twitter, to the general public, Garba Shehu said: “when he picks a paper the first page he reaches for is page the page on caricatures. He (would) laugh and laugh. It is cheap and sensational to say he can order a police action against a caricature. People should listen to the real story behind this dog incidence…”

There has been a running controversy over a trader from the South East, Joe Chinakwe, who named his dog ‘Buhari’ which the law enforcement agency consider to be capable of causing public disorder. [myad]