Danisuhu terrorists impose N172m levy on Zamfara villages, residents appeal for security beef up
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
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“The inability to pay these levies often results in brutal attacks by the bandits, leaving the residents with no option but to flee.
“While security has improved along the Funtua-Tsafe axis and in Tsafe town, these gains have yet to extend to the rural villages of Tsafe West” – local source
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Terrorists led by the notorious Danisuhu have imposed a N172.7 million levy on 25 villages in Tsafe West Council of Zamfara, forcing residents who are already poor and degraded after years of torture to flee their homesteads.
Zagazola Makama, a counter insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, reports that the levies were accompanied by demands for in-kind contributions, including bags of soybeans – with threats of violence against those who fail to comply.
The demands have forced hundreds of residents to abandon their homes and livelihoods, the report added.
Zagazola listed the villages and their respective levies to include:
- Gijinzama – N8.5 million
- Dakolo – N5 million plus 20 bags of soybeans
- Gunja – N7 million
- Kauyen Kane – N5 million
- Kurar Mota – N6 million
- Sabon Garin Bakin Gulbi – N2.5 million
- Kibari – N3 million
- Karda – N5 million
- Daga Ciki – N3 million
- Biya – N5 million
- Barebari – N6 million
- Kauyen Magaji – N7 million
- Kwaren Maisaje – N10 million
- Magazawa– N10 million
- Maciya – N5 million
- Unguwar Danhalima – N5 million
- Unguwar Rogo – N5 million
- Katanga – N5 million
- Magazu – N5 million
- Sungawa – N15 million
- Rakyabu – N15 million
- Yalwa – N2.7 million
- Tsageru – N5 million
- Gidan Anne – N7 million
- Kunchin Kalgo – N20 million
“Hundreds of residents of these villages have reportedly abandoned their homes, farmlands, and livelihoods in fear of violent reprisals for failing to meet the demands,” Zagazola reported, according to Vanguard.
The outlet quoted a local source as describing the situation as dire.
“The inability to pay these levies often results in brutal attacks by the bandits, leaving the residents with no option but to flee,” the source said.
“While security has improved along the Funtua-Tsafe axis and in Tsafe town, these gains have yet to extend to the rural villages of Tsafe West.”
Residents have called for more security personnel and permanent posts in Tsafe West, alongside emergency relief for displaced residents.
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