Bandits impose farming tax on Kano, Katsina settlements
Armed groups operating in parts of Kano and Katsina States are allegedly extorting farmers, demanding up to N50,000 per acre from sugarcane growers before harvest, as they enforce a parallel system of governance within key forest reserves in the region. The bandits have entrenched themselves in the Rugu Forest of Faskari Local Council of Katsina…