File Photo: Governor Louis Lobong Lojore
Eastern Equatoria State governor Gen. Louis Lobong Lojore has expressed concern over the growing insecurity in his state.
According to reports about five people have been killed and thousands of cattle raided in just under a week in the state.
Governor Lobong condemned the growing insecurity characterized by cattle rustling and targeted killings of people of certain ethnicities along highways in the state.
“It is with utmost displeasure that I have learned of the high rise in cases of cattle raiding in Eastern Equatoria State, particularly the recent targeting of Dinka Bor cattle in the greater Magwi region. I condemn in the strongest terms possible these targeted cattle rustling and targeted killing of some ethnic communities along the highway in the State,” Governor Lobong said.
‘Church responsible for the death of pastor’-Torit Mayor, Church denies
Mayor of Torit Municipal Council, Joseph Aye Joseph Oswaha on 19th May 2021. [Photo: Radio Tamazuj]
The Mayor of Torit Municipal Council in Eastern Equatoria State, Joseph Aye Joseph Oswaha, has alleged that members of the African Inland Church (AIC) are responsible for the death of their 49-year-old pastor, Peter Lokai.
Late Rev. Lokai was shot several times in the chest by unidentified assailants who went to his house in the Ifwanyak suburb in Torit on Tuesday night. He later succumbed to his injuries a few minutes after he was taken to the hospital for medical attention.
Late AIC Pastor Peter Lokai
A pastor of the South Sudan African Inland Church was on Tuesday morning attacked and shot at his home in Torit town of Eastern Equatoria State.
49-year-old Pastor Peter Lokai later succumbed to his gunshot wounds shortly after arriving at Torit Hospital.
Major Justine Kleopas Takuru, Eastern Equatoria state police spokesperson told Radio Tamazuj that the incident happened at 1:30 am on Tuesday.
“Someone was shot dead in Ifwanyak. We went up to the scene and we found he was shot, a pastor at AIC. He was sleeping in his room with two other visitors. Some people came to his house and called him by name, according to eyewitnesses. The three men shot the pastor in his breast and went inside taking his telephone and also the phones for the other visitors, he said. At around 2 am when he was already brought to the hospital, he passed on.