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BBC News
30-07-2025
- BBC News
'I hide behind tree to escape di bandits wen my bullet finish'
Gunmen wey pipo believe say na bandits, ambush one team of soldiers and vigilante on Tuesday near Dogon Ruwa community for Bashar District inside Wase local govment area of Plateau State. Di attack kill two soldiers and two vigilantes. Some bandits also die for di incident. Pipo wey dey live for di area dey live in fear, say anoda attack fit hapun again. One source from di village tok say di attack happun for di early hours of Tuesday morning, as di security team dey follow up tori wey dem hear say pipo sight gunmen for di area. One of di vigilantes wey survive di ambush, Dauda Sallamu, don narrate to BBC News Pidgin how di mata hapun. E say di incident hapun around 10:00am on Tuesday. Sallamu tok say di bandits wey do di ambush na around 21 in number, while dem wey be security team no pass 11. "We receive report for our camp say dem don see bandits for di area dat morning" Sallamu tok. "From our camp, we quickly mobilise seven vigilantes wit four soldiers go wia dem see di bandits. But we no know say di attackers don hide and lay ambush for us. Dem open fire, kill two soldiers and two of our vigilantes" im tok. E also tok say dem burn three of dia motorcycles and carry di uniforms of di soldiers wey dem kill. "Afta dem kill di two soldiers, dem remove dia uniforms and burn our three motorcycles. I even escape by luck afta I hide behind one tree wen my bullets finish." Sallamu yan. But e add say dem later return wit reinforcement to carry dia colleagues bodies and dem realise say dem kill six of di bandits during di encounter. "Wen we come back wit support, we see bodies of six of di bandits. But dem don spoil dia faces make pipo no fit recognize dem." One traditional leader from di area, Abdullahi Yakubu, also confirm to BBC News Pidgin say di ambush really happun for di area. E also tok say pipo for di community dey live in fear and tension. "We hear say bandits dey plan attack Dogon Ruwa, so soldiers and vigilantes quickly mobilise. But dem no know say di bandits don lay ambush, dem open fire and kill two soldiers and two vigilantes" Yakubu tok. Di traditional leader also tok say di attack don cause fear and tension for di area. "As we dey tok now, di attack don cause serious fear for here. But dem don bring more soldiers come and tins dey try return to normal." E still beg govment make dem do more to bring lasting peace to di area. As of di time of writing dis report, spokesperson of Operation Safe Haven, Major Samson Zhakom, never reply to SMS wey our tori pesin send to am about di mata. Communities for Wase and oda local govment areas for Plateau State don dey suffer attacks from bandits, wey don lead to killings and destruction of property.
CTV News
02-05-2025
- CTV News
Here are the Montreal-area road closures on the weekend
Commuters looking to get into Montreal from the South Shore should be aware that the Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine Tunnel will be closed on the weekend, and the southbound lanes will be closed overnight. These and other closures are planned in and around the city and drivers would be wise to use a Wase or other trip-planning app before leaving. Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine Tunnel (A-25) Northbound From Friday at 11 p.m. to Monday at 5 a.m., the tunnel will be closed between exit 90 (R-132) on Highway 20 west in Longueuil and the access to Hochelaga Street in Montreal. As a result, the following are default closures 30 minutes before: The Route-132 east and west on-ramps (exits 89-N). Access from l'Île-Charron Street. Access to Île Charron channeled from the Marie-Victorin Boulevard. Southbound From Friday at 11 p.m. to Saturday at 8 a.m. and from Saturday at 11 p.m. to Sunday at 9 a.m., the tunnel will be closed between exit 4 (Souligny Avenue, downtown) - Friday night to Saturday- and exit 5 (Sherbrooke Street) - Saturday night to Sunday - between Montreal and Route-132 in Longueuil. As a result, the following closures will be in effect 30 minutes before: Access via Sherbrooke, Tellier and des Futailles streets. Eastbound lanes of Souligny Avenue, between Dickson and Honoré-Beaugrand. As of Monday at 5 a.m., the renovated tunnel will reopen. Honoré-Mercier bridge (Kahnawake) From Friday at 10 p.m. to Saturday at 5 a.m.. the Route-138 (from Châteauguay) ramp to Montreal will be closed. From Saturday at 10 p.m. to Sunday at 5 a.m., the Route-138 west (from Montreal) ramp to Châteauguay will close. From Saturday at 10 p.m. to Monday at 5 a.m. the Route-138 west (from Montreal) ramp to R-132 east / La Prairie will close. René-Lévesque Boulevard West (Montreal) From Friday at 7 a.m. to Sunday at 7 p.m., three of four lanes will be closed on René-Lévesque Boulevard West between Saint-Alexandre Street and Place Phillips. Bridge Street (Montreal) On Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. one of two northbound lanes on Bridge Street will closed in the southwest borough. On Saturday and Sunday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., one of two southbound lanes will be closed. REM light rail line The network is closed every Saturday and Sunday in May. Shuttles will be available. Bonaventure Highway (A-10) / Nuns' Island The Nuns' Island exit (5) off the Bonaventure Highway (A-10) east towards the Samuel-De Champlain Bridge is closed until the end of May. A detour is in place. One lane will be open in both directions on the Bonaventure Highway (A-10) in the Clement Bridge area until December. LISTEN to CJAD 800 Radio for live traffic reports every 15 minutes. All work may be cancelled or modified due to weather or operational constraints. Visit for up-to-date road closures or accident reports.
