Analogia Malenga
JF-Expert Member
- Feb 24, 2012
- 5,001
- 9,866
Walinzi sita wa Makamu wa Rais wa Sudan Kusini, James Wani Igga wameuawa kwa kupigwa risasi na wengine wawili wamejeruhiwa baada ya msafara wao wa magari kuvamiwa na waasi mjini Juba. Kiongozi huyo hakuwa katika msafara huo wakati shambulio hilo lilipotokea.
Msemaji wa Kiongozi huyo, Kalisto Lado amesema magari ya msafara yalichomwa moto na kikundi cha kijeshi cha National Salvation Front (NAS) ambacho kilikataa kusaini mkataba wa amani 2018
Makamu wa Rais hakuwepo katika msafara huo wakati shambulio. Aidha Msemaji wa Makau wa Rais amesema ni kikundi hiko pia kilimua mpita njia
Sudan Kusini imekuwa na machafuko tangu mwaka 2013 na hivi karibuni wasemaji wa Benki Kuu walihusisha machafuko kuathiri uchumi wa nchi hiyo na kushusha thamani ya fedha yao
===
Six bodyguards for Vice-President James Wani Igga have been killed and two others injured after their convoy was attacked by rebels in Lobonok, his spokesperson Kalisto Lado said.
Igga is one of South Sudan’s five vice-presidents in the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity (R-TGoNU). He is in charge of the economic cluster.
Speaking to Radio Tamazuj on Thursday night, Kalisto said a vehicle the bodyguards were travelling in was destroyed and burnt by forces from the National Salvation Front (NAS), an armed group that refused to sign the September 2018 peace deal.
"The incident happened on Wednesday afternoon when the convoy was moving from the residence of the vice president in Lobonok to a nearby village. So the bodyguards were attacked by NAS forces on their way," he said.
"In the ambush by NAS forces, six bodyguards of the vice president died, two others were wounded, and one is still missing," he added.
Wani was not in the convoy when it came under attack in Lobonok, Lado said.
Lado condemned the killings and accused NAS forces of violating the cessation of hostilities deal signed in 2019 in Rome, Italy.
"Today (Thursday), the same NAS forces also killed a civilian who was coming from Pageri village in Lobonok to Yapa village. The civilian was killed in cold blood," said Lado.
NAS officers in Lobonok could not immediately be reached for comment.
Lobonok, the home village of Vice President James Wani Igga, is located about 30 kilometres south of the capital Juba on the east bank of the Nile.
Msemaji wa Kiongozi huyo, Kalisto Lado amesema magari ya msafara yalichomwa moto na kikundi cha kijeshi cha National Salvation Front (NAS) ambacho kilikataa kusaini mkataba wa amani 2018
Makamu wa Rais hakuwepo katika msafara huo wakati shambulio. Aidha Msemaji wa Makau wa Rais amesema ni kikundi hiko pia kilimua mpita njia
Sudan Kusini imekuwa na machafuko tangu mwaka 2013 na hivi karibuni wasemaji wa Benki Kuu walihusisha machafuko kuathiri uchumi wa nchi hiyo na kushusha thamani ya fedha yao
===
Six bodyguards for Vice-President James Wani Igga have been killed and two others injured after their convoy was attacked by rebels in Lobonok, his spokesperson Kalisto Lado said.
Igga is one of South Sudan’s five vice-presidents in the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity (R-TGoNU). He is in charge of the economic cluster.
Speaking to Radio Tamazuj on Thursday night, Kalisto said a vehicle the bodyguards were travelling in was destroyed and burnt by forces from the National Salvation Front (NAS), an armed group that refused to sign the September 2018 peace deal.
"The incident happened on Wednesday afternoon when the convoy was moving from the residence of the vice president in Lobonok to a nearby village. So the bodyguards were attacked by NAS forces on their way," he said.
"In the ambush by NAS forces, six bodyguards of the vice president died, two others were wounded, and one is still missing," he added.
Wani was not in the convoy when it came under attack in Lobonok, Lado said.
Lado condemned the killings and accused NAS forces of violating the cessation of hostilities deal signed in 2019 in Rome, Italy.
"Today (Thursday), the same NAS forces also killed a civilian who was coming from Pageri village in Lobonok to Yapa village. The civilian was killed in cold blood," said Lado.
NAS officers in Lobonok could not immediately be reached for comment.
Lobonok, the home village of Vice President James Wani Igga, is located about 30 kilometres south of the capital Juba on the east bank of the Nile.
