Individuals coordinated W. Bahr el Ghazal attack: commissioner
June 6, 2015 (WAU) –The commissioner of Wau county in South Sudan’s Western Bahr el Ghazal state, Elia Kamilio Dimo claimed some individuals coordinated last week’s attak in which rebels temporarily captured Bazia, a town south west of the capital, Wau.
Kamilio said the heads of the rebels in the county were just within Wau town, saying Wau the recent rebellion had nothing to do with other rebels fights in some parts of the nation.
The commissioner claimed some youth were getting military support from the SPLM In Opposition (SPLM-IO) and Sudan government since they were allegedly trained and armed in Sudan’s Dafur region.
He further claimed some of the supporters of the youth in the county were allegedly also based in the country’s capital, Juba, Sudan and the United States fighting in the name of the Balanda people over the 2012 relocation of Wau county headquarters to Bagari.
“Anybody from Wau County who was arrested in 2012 for being a supporter or took part in the violence but was pardon by the state government should immediately report to Wau county authority to clear himself out from being a supporter in the current situation of rebellion,” said the ommissioner.
He said those who attacked Bazia payam were not the rebels from outside the state, but the same people of the area who organised themselves and raided the town.
“These were the people who burned commercial trucks during 2012 December Wau violence are some of them are with us now,” Dimo said on Friday.
Kamilo call on those supporting the December 2012 crisis and were pardoned by the state government to stay away from the development related affairs in the county.
He said houses burned during last week’s attack were not homes of the tribes in Bazia.
The commissioner made the remarks during a consultative meeting organised by the community of Wau county to find a common ground solution to the current situation in the area.
The move on the collective efforts is to limit the ongoing crisis of rebel’s activities in Wau County is being organised by the communities of Wau County, backed by intellectuals, youth and constitutional post holders.
Anthony Fada, the chairperson for the organized committee said the move was for the people of Wau County to come up with common ground and generate ideas to prevent further recruitment of youth by the rebels.
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