Buma governor sacks detained finance minister Emmanuel Akile | February 9, 2017 | 2:39 pm
Mr Joseph Lilimoi (in Kaunda suit) stands next to David Yau Yau in a 2015 photo. Buma Governor Ismail Konyi has relieved his Minister of Finance, Joseph Lilimoi.Mr Lilimoi is under detention since he was arrested more than a week ago at Juba airport trying to leave for Khartoum. Buma State officials say the reason for the arrest is not clear, but media reports suggest that he was arrested for trying to run away with $70,000, which should have been declared as per customs regulation. Mr Lilimoi was a senior official in the Pibor Administration under the Cobra Faction. He became the minister of finance in Buma after the creating of more states in 2015. The governor relieved him in a decree Wednesday evening. -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- 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]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oqh14qEw1dAMjKg0wq-o7%3DNefkd023RYjdjx23jwiDGiA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
