{"id":109334,"date":"2023-11-26T06:29:12","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T05:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=109334"},"modified":"2023-11-26T06:29:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T05:29:12","slug":"bandits-attack-zamfara-communities-abduct-over-100-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/bandits-attack-zamfara-communities-abduct-over-100-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"Bandits Attack Zamfara Communities, Abduct Over 100 Residents"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Armed bandits on Friday abducted over 100 persons, mostly women and children in the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State.<\/p>\n<p>It was gathered that the bandits raided four villages of Mutumji, Sabongari Mahuta, Kwanar Dutsi and Unguwar Kawo, all under the Maru Local Government Area for failing to pay levies imposed on the communities.<\/p>\n<p>Sources from Mutumji said that the bandits invaded the community around 8pm after prayers and started shooting sporadically, forcing residents to scamper for safety.<\/p>\n<p>Residents said a bandits\u2019 kingpin operating in the area, Damina, had imposed N110 million naira \u201charvesting levy\u201d on these communities, giving them two weeks ultimatum to comply and pay.<\/p>\n<p>A N50m levy was imposed on Mutumji, N30m on Kwanar Dutsi, N20m on Sabongari Mahuta and N10m on Unguwar Kawo, it was gathered.<\/p>\n<p>Another source from the area said the communities have started gathering the money when the terrorists invaded the community on Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Several attempts to get reactions from the state government and police authorities in the state were not successful<\/p>\n<p>The latest abduction was barely a week after 15 persons were abducted in Ruwandoruwa community of same local government.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/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>Armed bandits on Friday abducted over 100 persons, mostly women and children in the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. 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