Villagers pay N100,000 to bandits before harvesting crops in Kaduna

Bandits terrorising the northern part of Nigeria have reportedly imposed levies on Kaduna villagers.

According to reports, the bandits terrorising the villagers forced them to pay levies before being allowed to harvest crops from their farms in the state.

The affected farmers were from Kidandan and Galadima villages, while those from Angular Fala’u and Kerawa villages were constantly harassed and kidnapped while working on their farms.

A resident of Kidandan village, Malam Jamil Kidandan, said their people, who are mostly farmers, pay from N70,000 to N100,000 before they can harvest their farm produce.

According to him, those who refuse to pay are either kidnapped, killed, or have their farm produce seized by the bandits.

“The bandits’ warlord and his boys stay by the side while a farmer goes to negotiate with him before gaining access to the farm,” he said.

He lamented that the same atrocities were committed against farmers at the Galadimawa axis and appealed to the federal government, including security agencies, to intensify their raids in bandit camps around Giwa LGA.

Another villager in the area, who pleaded for anonymity, listed the names of the bandit warlords terrorising residents in the area to include Buhari, his deputy, Gana’i, while the third in command is called Kwalameri.