{"id":7699,"date":"2023-12-19T12:04:11","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T12:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/bandits-reportedly-collect-beer-as-levy-from-taraba-farmers\/"},"modified":"2023-12-19T12:04:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T12:04:11","slug":"bandits-reportedly-collect-beer-as-levy-from-taraba-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/bandits-reportedly-collect-beer-as-levy-from-taraba-farmers\/","title":{"rendered":"Bandits reportedly collect beer as levy from Taraba farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Bandits around Ardo-Kola local government area of Taraba State have resorted to collecting beer as levies from farmers before allowing them to harvest their crops, Daily Trust reports.<\/p>\n<p>A senior civil servant in Jalingo, who preferred anonymity, told the paper that he was forced to buy beer worth over N200,000 before he was allowed to harvest his Benniseed farm.<\/p>\n<p>He said the levy imposed by the bandits ranges from N20,000 to N100,000 depending on the size of the farm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c I paid with beer worth N200,000 before getting access to my farm,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, farming communities where the levy was imposed by the bandits include Baka, Kasakuru, Majowere, Digun, Nyapori, Buzi, Dare, and Sakala.<\/p>\n<p>A resident in the local government area, Mallam Dantala Bello claimed that farmers have become used to paying the levy to the bandits before harvest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome abandon their farms if they are levied too much and project that they can\u2019t recover the amount after harvest,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Another source in the area said the bandits were working with informants to get information on people coming to harvest their farms in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Bandits reportedly collect beer as levy from Taraba farmers<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bandits around Ardo-Kola local government area of Taraba State have resorted to collecting beer as levies from farmers before allowing&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,1232],"tags":[180,1235],"class_list":["post-7699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-taraba","tag-news","tag-taraba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - 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