Nigeria, June 3 -- Women from the Okhorimi community in Benin City, Edo State, on Monday stormed the Edo House of Assembly, with their children, pleading for the release of their husbands, arrested three weeks ago.

Carrying placards, the women, some with infants strapped to their backs, said the arrest of six men had left their families shattered and their children out of school.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the police command in the state disclosed that the men were arrested for possessing prohibited weapons and a suspected human skull.

They were arraigned in court and later remanded in a custodial centre.

Speaking on behalf of the protesters, Abieyuwa Otasowei, said the arrests were indiscriminate.

"We are not here to fi...