The people of Gidangoga town in Maradun Local Government Area in Zamfara state have reportedly paid the sum of N20 million Naira cash to bandits to avoid being attacked.
The said ransom was allegedly collected from the community and paid to the bandits as tax to save them from attacks.
Maradun LGA is the home town of the Zamfara State Governor, Alhaji Bello Matawalle.
The information was sighted in a tweet by instablog9ja on Wednesday on their verified Twitter handle, and Nigerians have since reacted to the post.
“Zamfara community reportedly pays N20m cash to bandits to avoid being att@cked,” a Twitter user wrote, and attached some pictures of cash payment being made.
Reacting to the post, @JossAlba6 wrote: “Lmao another means to offload all the old currencies without fuss. Nice move from the chessboard 
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@respect_alv, replying to @JossAlba6 said: “I think you guess right … paying ransoms without any traces of attack.. but wait how will they give them the money 
in cash 
.. how did they believe that it was kidnapper that wrote the letter?”
Also, @ChikeDan1, wrote: “The North need Peter Obi more than anybody at the moment” But @Jidda_Jnr in response, said: “We don’t need Peter. We need good leadership. If he is a good leader, May God make him win.
“We prayed to get Buhari like he is some Messiah, God gave him to us and see what happens. Now in our prayers, we ask For good leadership and not individual.”
@Crypto_Redeemer supporting @Chike_Dan wrote: ” Don’t just wait, make sure you vote.. Out of all the candidates, Peter obi is the best.”
@Jidda_Jnr replied Crypto_Redeemer, and said: “The best?same way we all thought Buhari was too. Infact, we thought he was different as he never shared a party with the so called bad ones. I don’t care who votes and who doesn’t. May God bless us with the best leader no matter how the vote goes.”
@the_watchplug wrote: “Is this even a country?…Community that’s full of poor people yet they’re contributing 20 million naira. Northerners are seriously suffering. 
