Recall that Otti had, on Sunday, announced that security agents uncovered 70 bodies and skeletons in a forest near the cattle market during a raid. But in a statement on Wednesday, Abdullahi expressed the reservation of the northern community to the narrative by Otti. “The allegation by the Abia State Government is meant to give a dog a bad name in order to hang it. They have no other state than Abia.”Abdullahi described as a misconception the notion that the northern community was harbouring criminals. “The northern community members are law-abiding citizens of Nigeria engaged in legitimate business of cattle trade and allied business.

Source: Punch November 02, 2023 01:13 UTC