Bandits reportedly form parallel govt in Kano, Katsina forests, impose N50,000 levy on farmers

Armed bandits operating in parts of Kano and Katsina States have reportedly formed a parallel system of governance within key forest reserves in the region. This is even as they are demanding up to N50,000 per acre from sugarcane growers before harvest. Bakatsine, a conflict and crisis journalist who reports on insecurity in Nigeria’s northwest,

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