One Nigerian town under attack by Islamist Fulani-tribe gunmen decided that the best course of action was to buy them off.
It went as well as you might have expected.
The Detroit News: In Nigeria, a deadly bandit attack exposes fragile local peace efforts
When leaders from Doma town in Nigeria's northern Katsina state struck a deal with local gunmen last September, everyone hoped the attacks would end and they could go back to tending their farms in peace.
The agreement held, at first. Then on February 3, armed men from the same gang charged back in, survivors said, shooting as they moved house to house, killing at least 21 people and leaving the six-month truce in tatters.
Paying jizya is not a guarantee against future Islamic bandit raids, but it did give them a hudna for 4 months, but no longer once the Islamic bandits ceased to be sated by the money they were paid.
A pity that they couldn't spend that money towards their own defense rather than using it to try to bribe their attackers to not attack them, which never really works as a long-term solution.
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