We paid bandits N400 million to access our farmlands – Kaduna community A community leader in Birnin-Gwari local government area of Kaduna State, Alhaji Zubairu Idris Abdulra’uf, said for the past two years villagers have paid over N400 million as taxes to bandits so they can be allowed to access their farmlands to plant and harvest crops. In 2021, the Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, while presenting a security report confirmed that bandits were taxing farmers in parts of Birnin-Gwari, Giwa, Igabi and Chikun local...