Minister Urges Calm In Ikwoto, Budi Counties
The Eastern Equatoria State Minister for Public Administration and Internal Affairs has called on the people to maintain calm as the state government is driving efforts to seek ways to arrest suspects of the recent violence in Budi and Ikwoto counties. 29 April 2013 Public Administration and Internal Affairs Minister Claudio Suleiman Liling says that the state government is negotiating with chiefs to help the security agents to arrest suspects of the Budi County violence. [Gurtong | File] By Peter Lokale Nakimangole TORIT, 28 April 2013 [Gurtong] – Minister Claudio Suleiman Liling says that the state government is negotiating with chiefs in Budi County to persuade the communities and help the security agents to arrest suspects of the Budi County violence. He says that not all the people in Lorema, Kikilai were involved in the confrontations with the security but about 20 individual suspects. The minister has appreciated the fact that organized cattle raiding in Eastern Equatoria state had reduced to theft cases but laments the practice suddenly gained momentum from August last year. About 20 people are reported killed and 18 were wounded including officers of the armed forces during the Bira and Lorema confrontations. Minister Liling urges the Bira community not to take revenge saying the state government seeks peaceful means through chiefs in Budi County to recover the raided animals and return them to the owners. Posted in: Home, Governance -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
