Imposition of levies on the locals to pay before next Friday or risk attack by bandits operating in the several parts of Sokoto State has been imposed by bandits operating in Sokoto, Daily Trust can authoritatively report.
A resident of the area revealed that locals are also barred from their farms by the bandits pending payment of the prescribed levies thereby compelling them to pay the levies imposed on the locals.
Daily Trust reliably gathered that some of the communities had settled the bandits while others were working hard to raise the imposed levies.
It was also gathered that the population of each community in determining the amounts they would pay was considered by the bandits.
“Some are asked to pay N400,000, some N700,000 while some even pay less than that and leaving it in the hands of the community to determine how these levies will be raised and paid.
“In some communities, heads of households are asked to pay N12,000 each and young men that are not married pay N1,000 each,” another source said.
Findings revealed that Attalawa, Danmaliki, Adamawa, Dukkuma, Sardauna and Dangari villages were asked to pay N400,000 each.