{"id":101663,"date":"2022-11-29T14:04:37","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T13:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=101663"},"modified":"2022-11-29T14:04:37","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T13:04:37","slug":"zamfara-residents-pay-bandits-n20m-to-avoid-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/zamfara-residents-pay-bandits-n20m-to-avoid-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Zamfara: Residents pay bandits N20m to avoid attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The N20 million levy imposed on residents of Gidan-Goga village in the Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State by bandits\u2019 leader, Bello Turji, to forestall attacks on their community has been paid.<\/p>\n<p>Bello Turji had imposed the levy on the village residents, asking them to pay the money on or before Sunday, November 27, or face the wrath of the bandits.<\/p>\n<p>A source said that the bandits threatened to attack the village if the money was not paid at the stipulated time.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe source further explained that the money was paid on Sunday, saying that the residents who fled to other places for safety had started returning to the village.<\/p>\n<p>He stated, \u201cMany people, including myself, have returned to the village because of the payment of the levy. We paid additional sum of N6 million for the release of five people abducted by the terrorists who belonged to Bello Turji\u2019s camp.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SP Mohammed Shehu, the state Police Public Relations Officer, could not be reached on his phone for a reaction to the matter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The N20 million levy imposed on residents of Gidan-Goga village in the Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State by bandits\u2019 leader, Bello Turji, to forestall attacks on their community&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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