More Than 20 Raiders Surrender In Torit
Torit Couty Commissioner German Charles Ojok has announced that 22 raiders have voluntarily surrendered to the county authorities and many more are still expected to surrender in the coming days. 17 March 2013 By Peter Lokale Nakimangole TORIT, 17 March 2013 [Gurtong] – The surrender comes after residents from Oguruny village admitted that they raided more than 140 heads of cattle from Iloli village in Hilaya Payam of Torit County. The Torit County Commissioner German Charles Ojok announced that the raid left one person identified as Santo Afantio dead and a woman from a nearby village was wounded during crossfire between the organized raiders from Oguruny and Iloli youths who were found grazing their animals. Oguruny and Iloli are two villages within Imatari Boma in Hiyala Payam, Torit County. The commissioner confirmed that the two villages, Oguruny and Iloli are close, a distance of about three Kilometers away from each other. Upon receipt of the raid news, combined forces which included SPLA soldiers, were dispatched to Oguruny with county authorities in the company of SPLA led by Torit County Commissioner. He said the prime objective of the operations is to ensure willingness or forceful recovery and return of raided cattle of Iloli by Oguruny raiders. Though Iloli cattle owners did not specify exact number of cattle raided, but they have claimed two Kraals had been raided while Oguruny has come out that they have raided 141 cattle, according to the village chief who spoke on their behalf, the commissioner disclosed. Reacting to the raiding activity by Oguruny village, the commissioner has condemned the act described it as terrible crime by Oguruny community against their very close relatives whose language and culture is similar. 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.
