{"id":336987,"date":"2024-09-01T07:27:08","date_gmt":"2024-09-01T06:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=336987"},"modified":"2024-09-01T07:27:08","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T06:27:08","slug":"sokoto-community-pays-over-%e2%82%a6160bn-to-bandits-amid-escalating-insecurity-local-group-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/09\/01\/sokoto-community-pays-over-%e2%82%a6160bn-to-bandits-amid-escalating-insecurity-local-group-reveals\/","title":{"rendered":"Sokoto community pays over \u20a6160bn to bandits amid escalating insecurity, local group reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong><strong>The association condemned the escalating violence, citing the recent killing of District Head Muhammad Bawa<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Residents of Sokoto State, particularly in the Sabon Birni Local Government Area, are grappling with severe insecurity as a local professional group, the Gobir Development Association, reveals that the community has paid over 160 billion naira in levies and ransoms to bandits.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued by the association&#8217;s chairman, Idris Alhassan Gatawa, and its secretary, Professor Aliyu Gobir, and shared with the press on Saturday, the group disclosed that more than two billion naira has also been lost to armed bandits.<\/p>\n<p>The association condemned the escalating violence, citing the recent killing of District Head Muhammad Bawa, who was abducted and murdered by bandits along the Sabon Birni-Sokoto Road after an official engagement in the state capital.<\/p>\n<p>The group stated, &#8220;Over 60 billion naira has been paid in ransom, more than 100 billion naira in imposed levies, and over two billion naira has been lost to armed bandits.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Additionally, around 600,000 cattle and five million sheep and goats have been rustled over the past five years. 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