Warrap state governor calls for disarmament in Unity state
By Amoko Robert
February 2, 2012, (KUAJOK) – The governor of Warrap, Nyandeng Malek Delic on Thursday called the Government of South Sudan to disarm the civil population in the neighbouring Unity State.
In the attack on Warrap state on 30 January 79 people were killed and 75 wounded Delic told Sudan Tribune on Thursday.
The wounded are receiving treatment at Rumic hospital in Tonj East.
She said that insufficient police forces had been brought to bring calm to the area.
The border between Tonj East of Warrap state and Unity state remains fragile despite the recent tour of minister of interior, Alison Manani Magaya, who urged the citizens of the nation to remain in peaceful.
The state minister of parliamentarian affairs, Achol Chyer Rehan, condemned the clash.
Rehan told Sudan Tribune on Tuesday that the people of Unity state should be disarmed like the population of Warrap state and that the Tonj East county needs more protection.
A member of the Warrap state legislative assembly for the Twic West constituency, who is also the chairperson of human rights specialised committee, Achai Arop Deng, said the raid allegedly committed by people from Unity was an “inhuman, barbaric act”.
She said the government is looking to resolve all the grievances and to prosecute all those guilty of involvement in the attack.
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