Zamfara: Villagers flee as bandits impose N172m levy on 25 communities

A bandits’ kingpin in Tsafe West district, Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Dan Isuhu has imposed N172.7 million levy on 25 villages, along with agricultural produce.

The villages are Gijinzama where he imposed, N8.5 million, Dakolo, N5 million, plus 20 bags of beans, Kibari, N3 million, Kunchin Kalgo, N20 million, Sungawa N15 million, Yalwa, N2.7 million, among others

The bandits’ leader issued threats of violence against villages that refused to comply with his order.

DAILY POST gathered that the threat has forced the community members to flee from their villages for fear of being attacked by the dreaded terrorists.

“We need protection to live in our villages”, one Isah from Yalwa village lamented.

All efforts to get comments from the State Police Command’s spokesman, ASP Abubakar Yazeed proved unsuccessful as of the time of filing this report.