Suspected Poachers Arrested With Game Meat in Torit
The Eastern Equatoria State Ministry of Wildlife Conservation, Environment and Tourism officials have arrested the prime suspect alleged to be behind the killing of six reedbucks in Lafon and Lopa County. 22 February 2013 Police display the suspect in Torit following his arrest in Lafon, Eastern Equatoria State. [Peter Lokale Nakimangole] By Peter Lokale Nakimangole TORIT, 21 February 2013 [Gurtong] –The suspect identified as Aliardo Ohide was arraigned at the State Wildlife Ministry headquarters in Torit. Ohide is also a state Prison officer, was brought from Lafon/Lopa County after he was caught with the six dead reedbucks and some bundles of dry meat on the way from Lafon to Torit. The suspect was with three other suspects confirmed to be police personnel but ran away leaving behind their rifles. The wildlife officers led by Lieutenant Colonel Ejidio Oler Brown and Badingilo National Park Warden, Lt. Col. Ejidio Oler Brown said the officer was caught during a regular patrol and check on the road when they had parked a lorry with the dead animals and dried bush meat. Some people including a driver of the Tipper plus an employee from Merlin Organization have also been questioned over the incident. The Merlin Logistic Assistant, Mr. Isaac Beda Paul protested that they did not have a share with the suspect and were travelling together from Lafon to Torit with the driver identified as Emmanuel Mark Abalu distancing himself from the fraud saying his work was only to drive and nothing beyond. Investigations have been launched into the incident with the Assistant Project Manager for Wildlife Conservation Society Mr. Paul Peter Awol who is in charge of the project at Badingilo National Park in Lafon Corridor condemning the act. He said communities need wide awareness creation on the importance of conserving both flora and fauna because time has come to turn from oil to other non-oil revenues which notable among them is Tourism. He revealed that South Sudan Program’s Wildlife Conservation Society offers a range of aid including technical support to the State Ministry of Wildlife Conservation plus building the capacity the Ministry personnel in anti-poaching techniques. Last year, two vehicles were found with white-eared kob dried meat suspected to be from Kapoeta North County. The vehicles were detained at the Ministry headquarters in Torit as investigations begun to establish the source of the meat. The ministry had vowed to investigate and find the poachers behind the illegal trade. Posted in: Home, Governance -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
