The man who named his dog after President Muhammadu Buhari, Iroko Joachim has told the court to dismiss the case against him.

In a statement sent by his lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa on Friday, Iroko said he had the “legal right” to name his pet whatever he wanted.

Speaking to AFP Adegboruwa said, “The name is not exclusive to the president, Buhari can just be a name given to any living creature just for identity.”

According to the Ogun state police spokesman Muyiwa Adejobi, Iroko’s arrest had nothing to do with the president but because his actions could lead to a breach of public peace.

“The man was not arrested for naming the dog Buhari but the conduct surrounding the attitude or the actions of the man.

“The man has been having issues with one of his neighbours whose father’s name is Buhari, it has nothing to do with the president.”

However, Iroko denied the claims saying that the dog was chained to wade off thieves.

Adegboruwa says that the dog remains missing as no one knew its whereabouts.

“We are all looking for the dog,” Adegboruwa said, “maybe it is with the police, we still don’t know”.

The lawyer said that he hoped that the “frivolous case” would be dropped.

On August 25, the Presidency issued a statement saying that President Buhari had nothing to do with Iroko’s arrest, and was having a good laugh over the incident.

Iroko was arrested on August 14 when one of his neighbour’s made a complaint to the police that he named his dog after his uncle ‘Alhaji ‘Buhari’.

He was released by the court on August 25, after he fulfilled the N50,000 bail condition.