Fulani Bandits attack Zamfara community for failing to pay N40 million levy, kill 33 people – Residents By BeatZ-MastA - AYTEE on February 10th, 2022.News
Multiple sources said Nasarawar Mai Fara in Tsafe local government was attacked over the failure of the residents to pay a N40 million levy imposed by the Fulani bandits.
Fulani Bandits
The attacked communities are Nasarawar Mai Fara in Tsafe local government area, Yar Katsina in Bungudu local government area and Nasarawa village in Bakura local government area
Zamfara, like many of the Nigerian Northwest states, is beleaguered by insecurity in the forms of kidnapping described as Fulani banditry. The crime has become rampant and the bandits are seemingly irrepressible.
Thousands of people have been killed or kidnapped by the Fulani bandits in the region and extending to Niger State, since 2021. In the first three weeks of 2022, at least 486 people were killed by non-state actors across Nigeria, over half of them by Fulani bandits in the North-west and Niger State.