Ardo Risku: Our children did not kill Fulani herdsmen leader – Suspects’ parents cry out

Families of respective young men arrested implicit the sidesplitting of Benue State Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, Alhaji Ardo Risku Mohammed, person appealed to information agencies to merchandise their children, insisting they had nary engagement successful the murder.

The parents claimed the suspects were arrested during a constabulary raid astatine a section nutrient associated successful Otukpo, acold from Okwudu assemblage successful Ohimini Local Government Area, wherever the Fulani person was killed.

One of the mothers, who spoke done activistic Meddy Olotu, said her 21-year-old son, Huseni, had lone gone to devour aft returning from his regular workplace enactment erstwhile constabulary officers stormed the country and arrested everyone astatine the scene.

“My lad came backmost from his regular occupation and decided to spell and eat. Suddenly, the constabulary came and raided the place.

They didn’t adjacent archer them what they had done. They simply arrested them portion they were eating,” she said.

She maintained that her lad was simply a workplace labourer with nary nexus to the killing.

“My lad is conscionable a workplace labourer. He does not adjacent cognize however to usage a gun,...