Nigeria, April 22 -- Bandits have imposed a N60 million levy on 12 communities in the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State.

Residents said the bandits imposed the levy to punish them for allegedly providing information to the military.

Soldiers reportedly attacked the terrorists' hideouts in the Dan Kurmi forest last week, killing many terrorists.

Resident told TheBeat, an online news platform focusing on bandits' operations in the zone, that the terrorists instructed residents of Koloma, Dan Hayin Zargado, Zargado, Dan Godabe, Sabuwar Tunga, Makini, Bubaka, Yelwa, Bahwada, Koda, Manya, and Kabusu to pay the N60 million to avoid being attacked.

The platform reported that the terrorists invited village heads and representatives ...