Fresh clashes occur in Jonglei’s Pibor County between SPLA and youth
May 24, 2010 (JUBA) – Fresh and separate clashes have been reported in Pibor County of Jonglei state between forces of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) and civilian youth supporting a defeated candidate in the recent local elections.
His supporters rejected the declared results that saw Yauyau losing, arguing that the results were rigged and that their candidate should have been the winner.
The youth then moved out of Pibor town and converged in a place called Lokurnyang across the river of Pibor and about one kilometer away from the town. The move prompted the SPLA forces in the area to attack them in that location, according to the source.
Unconfirmed numbers of people were reportedly killed, though the initial figure was put to three dead.
Mary Boyoi, a famous South Sudanese musician and member of the Pibor County-based Murle community, told the Sudan Tribune on phone from Nairobi, Kenya, that the mother and brother of the accused candidate, David Yauyau, were also arrested.
Boyoi also contested in the elections as an independent candidate for parliamentary seat in Juba and lost to the sister of the SPLM Secretary General, Pagan Amum Okiech, who is the widow of late Nyachigak Nyachiluk, from Murle community.
She expressed her dismay over the arrest of the two innocent family members of the accused, saying they had nothing to do with whatever was done by the accused defeated candidate.
Jonglei state has been hit by upsurge of violence following the declaration of elections results. A renegade army general, George Athor Deng, has also rejected the results that favor his rival, the incumbent governor Kuol Manyang Juuk and has since then been battling with the army in the state.
Athor was the SPLA Deputy Chief of General Staff for Moral and Political Orientation before he decided to quit the army and contested for the state gubernatorial elections.
The South Sudanese musician, Mary Boyoi, also expressed her concern that the recent violence in her home area may spread unless a peaceful solution was quickly found to end the standoff with the youth in Pibor.
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king
Fresh clashes occur in Jonglei’s Pibor County between SPLA and youth
I telling you SPLM/A or GoSS has already made a big mess and they are still making it worse by attacking those who want do it the way GoSS want do it. What a mess. May God help that poor and incompetent president.
Oduho Oduho
Fresh clashes occur in Jonglei’s Pibor County between SPLA and youth
It’s a big shame, really big shame on those Dinkas’ and SPLM alike who failed to settle the first rebellion of this kind with General Athor, and now this is gonna be another headache that will never go a way any time soon,and perhaps many of their kind are probabily still coming up, the referendum is at steak!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dinka Boy
Fresh clashes occur in Jonglei’s Pibor County between SPLA and youth
Dear Southerners,
It would be better for SPLM to decide critically that those who choose conflict than negotaition are more enemy. I want SPLM to solve the issue of those who choose violent militarily, and i am sure the militray confrontation will solve the issue to the zero level. This had happened and it solves the problems like those revolving in the South. Militray confrontation will solve the ill rebellion or aggression in the South. Thanks
Kur William
Fresh clashes occur in Jonglei’s Pibor County between SPLA and youth
Please you knowing nothing about politic just do your job as cattle keeper and shut the fucken damn you talking about called the president incomptent while he is serving the nation with his great vission.Thank to our soldiers for their duties to disciplines these barbarian people whoever assuming himself to destabalizes the community in order to get a position in GOSS or elsewhere in Sudan will meet up with tough ordeal otherwise we are playing .SPLM/A oyee !
Kur William
Fresh clashes occur in Jonglei’s Pibor County between SPLA and youth
Please you knowing nothing about politic just do your job as cattle keeper and shut the fucken damn you talking about called the president incomptent while he is serving the nation with his great vission.Thank to our soldiers for their duties to disciplines these barbarian people whoever assuming himself to destabalizes the community in order to get a position in GOSS or elsewhere in Sudan will meet up with tough ordeal otherwise we are playing .SPLM/A oyee !
Kur William
Fresh clashes occur in Jonglei’s Pibor County between SPLA and youth
Please you knowing nothing about politic just do your job as cattle keeper and shut the fucken damn you talking about called the president incomptent while he is serving the nation with his great vission.Thank to our soldiers for their duties to disciplines these barbarian people whoever assuming himself to destabalizes the community in order to get a position in GOSS or elsewhere in Sudan will meet up with tough ordeal otherwise we are playing .SPLM/A oyee !
Gatluak Latjor
Fresh clashes occur in Jonglei’s Pibor County between SPLA and youth
Unity funds is at work with the independence candidates in the South Sudan.
This funds is intended for creating chaos in the South instead of making unity attractive. Poor and stupid souls end up there.