Night Curfew Imposed In Wau The Western Bahr el Ghazal State Governor, Rizik Zackaria Hassan has issued a gubernatorial order imposing a curfew to restrict movement of the residents between 7pm and 7am in the town starting Sunday. 09 December 2012
The Western Bahr el Ghazal State Governor Rizik Zackaria Hassan urged the residents to consider for a peaceful resolution to the dispute. [Gurtong| File] By James Deng Dimo JUBA, 09 December 2012[Gurtong] - “No one allowed to move out of his or her premises between the mentioned hours”, the order said. Only the Special Forces assigned to take over night patrols within the town are allowed and any person caught processing any of illegal firearm without authorization would be dealt with in accordance to the law. The order also urges those with illegal firearms at homes to hand them to the police headquarter without any offense. Hassan also said he has issued an order forming an investigation committee to probe the recent operation of reopening the blockage of roads. The investigation committee is officially required to come back to the office with the official report within 72 hours. However, the governor did not indicate the number of people killed during the Sunday morning protests but said that nine trucks were reported burned by the protestors as they were advancing to South Sudan Hotel but the security managed to rescue the situation. He urged the residents to consider for a peaceful resolution to the dispute. Clashes erupted this morning in Wau, Western Bahr el Ghazal State between the youth and the state security forces after groups organized a procession to the state Council of Ministers to present their petition demanding the release of their colleagues said to be under state security detention. Witnesses say the situation is “tense” at the South Sudan Central Bank area near the wildlife department headquarters in Wau and that dead bodies could be seen on the street. They said the battle erupted just minutes when the procession was due to enter the council of ministers offices. Wau County Youth protests began in October after the state government decided to transfer Jur River and Wau counties headquarters out of the town and a mayor to administrate the city upon the state transition constitution of taking towns to the people. On Friday, Wau County Commissioner Elia Kamilo Dimo called an emergency meeting with county youth, intellectuals, elders and government officials to try and resolve the conflict where youth from Bagari area were demonstrating and blocking the road linking the town. The governor last month urged Members of Parliament to create dialogue between the local community and government on the dispute over county headquarter transfer. Former Commissioner John Miskin had resigned after a group of youth from Wau County alleged that he had mobilised youth to attack government officials travelling from the capital to Bagari, the proposed area for Wau County headquarters. Last month, some tribes had rejected the idea of moving their headquarters as proposed by the state governor Rizik Zackaria Hassan saying that it is creating tension between the state government and the community. The attack was an attempt by the politicians to prevent and reject the government from taking the services to the people as the headquarters are moved. The move to take the two counties, Jur River and Wau to the rural areas was in line with the former SPLM leader Dr John Garang’s vision to take the town to the rural areas in order to control the rural- urban migration. Posted in: Home, Governance -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
