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Pay Levies Or No Harvest, Bandits Tell Zamfara Farmers
NOVEMBER 15, 2020 AT 12:56:08 AM

SHEHU UMAR, GUSAU
Armed bandits in Zamfara have levied farmers and expect them to pay before they would be allowed to harvest their farm produce, Daily Trust has gathered.

Farmers in the state have suffered series of assaults by the armed bandits, especially when they attempt to work on their farms.

In 2015, the armed bandits tagged “Noma Haram” wrote farmers in Dansadau district of Maru Local Government Area, warning them to stay away from farms or face dire consequences.

Dozens of farmers have been killed as hundreds of hectres of farmlands remain uncultivated. Most of the slain victims were trapped on their farmlands and got killed, Daily Trust on Sunday learnt.

A farmer in Anka Local Government Area identified as Sani Hamisu said his father was killed in his farm when he went there in March to clear the land in preparation for this year’s cropping season.

“I went to the farm with him and when it was noon, I decided to go back home and get some food for us. About an hour after I left, armed bandits struck and shot him dead.”

I was informed of the sad development and so I decided to stay away from the farm. We could not recover his body until a day later because when they killed him, they hovered around waiting for the next victim,” he added.

Another farmer, Ali Farin Ruwa, said armed men drove cows into his sorghum plantation and the whole crop was destroyed, adding that no one dared to raise a finger against the invading criminals.

“Someone told me that he saw cows grazing on my farmlands, I rushed to the farm to see what was happening. As I approached the field, I was advised to stay away because the attackers were ready to take life at the slightest provocation,” he added.

Now that some farmers and their farmlands have survived the bandits’ onslaught, heavy levies are being imposed on the farmers before they can harvest their crops.

Residents of Anka Local Government Area narrated how the gunmen keep slamming levies on them either to avoid attack or be allowed to harvest farm produce.

“I still can’t go to the farm to harvest my maize. I don’t even know whether the crop is there because I have not gone there for a long time to avoid being killed or kidnapped,” Aliyu Sani said.

“I have a sorghum farm on the fringes of Burwaye forest. They sent a message to our community that N2m each must be paid by those of us who own farms in the area before we will be allowed to harvest. We’ve abandoned the farms for them,” he added.

In Kawaye district of Anka Local Government Area of the state, dozens of hectares of farmlands remain uncultivated as farmers have abandoned them for fear of being killed or kidnapped.

“From Duza to Dawan jiya, Duhuwa and communities Gobirawa, uncultivated lands are a common sight. At the beginning of the rainy season in April and May this year, many farmers were either kidnapped or killed mostly while working on the farms.

“This has instilled fear in the farmers and we decided to abandon the lands. These criminals are every where. The moment you go at least five kilometres away from your community, you would see them. I fear serious shortage of food unless something is done to address the problem,” a farmer Yunusa Muhammad said.

In Dansadau, a district with very fertile land for crop farming, the story is the same. The armed criminals have slammed levies on many farming communities as a precondition for them to attend to their farms. Most of the residents of these communities, our correspondent learnt, have fled.

“Some of these farmers have migrated to cities and towns. The youth have taken to commercial motorbike riding in big cities across the country. For many years now, this is how we’ve been living,” a farmer Ali Kabir lamented.

A lull in the Zamfara State initiated a peace deal prompted the military to begin massive operation against recalcitrant armed bandits and cattle rustlers.

Nigerian Army, masters of repelling
& telling lies....

Which means aboki will
not get employed...

Did his grandfather's carriers
wear glasses?

"Fierce gun battle" with a single
locally fabricated pistol?

How i wish they apply the same
extrajudicial murder to Fulani bandits
& kidnappers..

Na only ndigbo criminals dey face
police 'justice' for Nigeria, since they
are Biafrans..

The main reason for loan default
in the banking sector is the astronomical
interest rates..

When other countries charge rates
of 2 to 5% per annum, Nigerian banks
will be charging from 25 to 40% with
many hidden charges.

No regular biz can survive such rates
unless "supply" contract with guaranteed
quick payment.

We are living witnesses to
what is called total incompetence,
neptitude & absence of empathy.

Wickedness is the nature & character
of the Fulani.

On the other hand, have you ever heard
of Fulani achieving or excelling in
anything or enterprise? They only freeload
from government.

It's a loaded question & must
always be viewed within the context
it was asked.

I think, though, that the lady was too
hasty in asking such a loaded question
the first time of meeting a guy under
such an innocuous situation.

I was once asked the same question,
misunderstood the the query & failed
woefully in my answer, however, I
learnt my lesson & was fully prepared 6
months later when I was asked the same question, under the same circumstances,
but by a different damsel.......... I was adequately rewarded by my brilliant
answer.. don't ask me how...

E no go ever better for
Jubril El Sudan!!




A totally inept & incompetent govt
of Fulani, who only know how to
tax, but never know how to be productive.


Expect food prices to go up
further.

Grace everywhere...




We thank the Almighty for their
blessed lives, but they should remember
the lives of the poor, because we don't
hear much of charitable activities.

We no see dem hand during the
darkest hours of the COVID-19 wahala.
Dunamis was very visible.

Most Nigerian surgeons are
just glorified, half trained quacks..

They can kill you in the process of
removing simple lump from under
your skin.

The anaesthesiologists can even
give you overdose of fake Chinese made
anaesthetic.


A friend told me how she went for
a simple surgical procedure under
general anaesthetic. Can you imagine
that she said she was conscious
throughout but couldn't move a muscle
or even talk. She felt all the pain &
couldn't get the attention of the surgical
crew.

Malpractice probably killed this
Commissioner.

Nothing wrong with the
message..

Blame COVID, fed govt & ASSU.

After all, the property was in
your custody, since you didn't
relinquish it..





Nice landlord!!!

But the breast cleavage ( •)( •) is
looking like 48 (•|•) years woman..



E be like say Joshua don dey
collapse & deflate the glands..

It's only Christians that are
convicted for crimes.

Christian governors are facing
various corruption convictions because
their Muslim counterparts like
Gandollar, Nyako, former Yobe gov,
Sule Lamido etc are saints.

Southern peaceful protesters are shot
& killed, while north begs & bribes
killer bandits & buhari rewards Muslim
terrorists & kidnappers.

This Fulani government believes that our
judicial system is from our Christian
colonial masters, so, they refuse to
apply it on Muslims.

This mumu president has sold
this country to Dangote..



Neighbouring countries should keep
their own borders closed, let's see where
Dangote go take pass...

I came to see the deek, , ,

As usual, Davido's fans are like......

In the midst of the ongoing carnage & killings in northern Nigeria, the govs of the region
have ignored the daily massacre of its citizen & are more concerned about people consuming
alcoholic beverages..

Maybe killings are allowed in the religion
of the north, were governors routinely go to
beg & bribe crime lords like kidnappers, bandits & serial killers.

What do you think??









Hisbah Destroys Beer Bottles Worth N200m In Kano
Ganduje said consumption of alcohol and all other intoxicants could distort the mental capability of a person and that it is forbidden in Islam.
BY SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORKNOV 09, 2020

Kano State Hisbah Board has destroyed 1,975,000 bottles of beer worth over N200 million confiscated within Kano metropolis.

The destruction exercise was carried out at Kalebawa in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of the state by Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, Vanguard reports.


Speaking at the event, Ganduje, represented by his Deputy, Dr Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, said consumption of alcohol and all other intoxicants could distort the mental capability of a person and that it is forbidden in Islam.

"Even in Kano, we have banned the consumption of beer in all parts of the State," Ganduje emphasised.

In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Deputy Governor, Hassan Musa Fagge quoted Ganduje as saying that the Hisbah Board was established to prevent evil social acts in the society.


He explained that as part of his administration's efforts in enhancing the welfare of the Hisbah, there would be a salary increase and new uniforms for the security unit before the year runs out.

"My administration is proud of the way you discharge your duties..therefore I wish to urge all stakeholders to continue to give you all the support you need to succeed," the governor said.

In his remarks, the Commander General, Kano State Hisbah Board, Sheikh Harun Muhammad Ibn Sina, said that the beer confiscated was worth over N200 million. He added that the board got a court order to destroy over 20 trucks of alcohol.

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Trump out!!

The next generation Fulani..

Na hypocrisy go kee all
dem Aboki pretenders...

E be like say Cross River & Akwa Ibom
guys don enter Edo...



If you know...

HabaHaba:
And your father will become the errand boy serving those laborers food ba!

Anu ofia!!! Mpama ochie!

Ever learning, but never coming to any knowledge to grow in maturity!

You will soon become obscure if you don't desist from your obscene obsessions with Igbo-hatred.

Alakori Banza!

This your mental illness hasn't
left you because you keep refusing
to take your onyara drugs & can't
leave smoking igbo ..

Instead of blaming your president
for mortgaging your forefathers & their
unborn generation, you are blaming me,
an innocent citizen..


Mental illness is your portion, now
and always ...

Who send am,??


Mumu

The only financial policy this
Aboki woman sabi na tax, increase VAT,
more tax & borrowing..


The alarming issue be say, them no
dey even read the loan conditionalities,
but I heard rumors that Buhari govt is
using the Igbo speaking lands as
collateral..


If Nigeria can't pay within a given time,
Chinese will takeover SE, pack
young IPOBians to China as farm
labourers & install a Chinese as Obi of Onitsha..

This applicable to oyibo babes,
not our longa throat, multi-timing,
runs 9ja babes..


Na only money & iPhone dem sabi.

Amaka must drive Jeep
for Christmas...

Nna, kedu ??

She must immediately change her
password before anything else.!!!

This couple gave birth to the
seed of Lucifer!!!