SPLA soldiers pullout from Ngo Bagari county
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July 29, 2016 (JUBA) – Troops loyal to South Sudan’s President, Salva
Kiir, have pulled out from Ngo-Bagari county in Western Bahr el Ghazal
state, after battling opposition forces in the area for a week.
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SPLA forces patrol the street of Wau town on May 16, 2016 (ST)
Reports from the area, suggested that the SPLA forces have been
encountering a series of rebel attacks, after their last month clash
inside Wau town, the state capital, with forces loyal to Riek Machar,
leader of the armed opposition faction, SPLM-IO.
It has been also reported that since the incident occurred in the town
on 25 June 2016, the army in opposition gained momentum after high
number of state Special Forces who were among the residents forced out
from their homes and switched to the side of the rebel group in
Baringi.
Since violence erupted in Wau town last month, Ngo Bagari County
Commissioner, Anthony Fada Taban, who was among several civilians that
fled the town to the western part of the town did not return back
despite the return of many other state government officials. There are
speculations that he might have defected to the SPLM-IO in the area.
“The government forces have withdrawn from Ngo Bagari County because
there are rebels there using civilians as their shells. It needs to be
studied before our army decides but as the government, we have right
now made a strategy to redeploy back our forces in the area. We cannot
mention when will they return but as soon as possible,” said state
governor, Andrea Mayar Acho, told Sudan Tribune.
However the state governor Acho did not publicly say that Commissioner
Taban has defected to the SPLM-IO after Wau violence.
Ashab Kamis, the commander in charge of the SPLA-IO in the area told
Sudan Tribune on Thursday that the commissioner was under their
custody after their own Bagari town fell under their hands.
The governor Acho denied the SPLA-IO forces’ allegation that their
forces managed to overrun the area, saying the government decided to
voluntarily abandon the town and moved to Wau town without any
clashes.
“When you articulate that you have captured the area that means you
have attacked and forced the units of police and army out but if it is
the forces that withdraw without fighting, this means you are not
true," said Acho.
(ST)
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