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Secretary-General of the Miyetti Kautal Hore Saleh Alhassan, has demanded an apology from the Benue State Government for linking the physique with the assaults and killings within the state.
Alhassan demanded the apology on Monday the place he additionally mentioned the arrest of the Commander of the Benue State Livestock Guards Aliyu Teshaku, has vindicated the group.
“Today, they have arrested Aliyu Teshaku who is alleged to be the Head of the Livestock Guard in Benue who is behind those killings. He is arrested now,” he advised Argentina.
“People that killed the 2 clergymen and 17 others within the church are being tried in Makurdi and they're all Tiv individuals. And they're all members of the livestock guard working for Governor Ortom.
“So we expect by now there should be an apology from the Benue State Government to our association because we have never promoted violence. We have always advocated for a peaceful resolution of the crisis.”
Alhassan additionally accused the state authorities of propaganda towards the affiliation.
“I have always insisted that Governor Samuel Ortom is on a voyage of propaganda against our association,” he mentioned.
“And today, if you look at the arrest made in Benue, with respect to the perpetrators of the conflict there, you look at their ethnicity and background and you look at who is employing them, we have been vindicated.”