SPLA-IO Forces Return To Wau Town For Peace Process
150 members from the SPLA-IO who were fighting under former Dr. Riek Machar returned to Wau town on Monday to participant in peace process. 09 August 2017 By James Deng Dimo WAU, 09 August 2017 [Gurtong] - The 150 soldiers including 48 senior high ranking officials ranging from Lt. Col Bellow were officially received by Wau State security committee at Masana Biira. The forces were led by Lt. Col. Santino Akot Majok and Lt. Col Salva Ujok Achor. Following their arrival, the former fighters assured Wau State authority that they have officially returned home with their weapons in response to the presidential amnesty calling for peace and reconciliation across the country. Salva Ujok Achor who spoke on behalf of the forces said their return home means the end of their rebellion in Wau State. He also called on the government to negotiate their grievances in a responsible manner. “My coming here, I respect you the President of the Republic of South Sudan that is why I have returned home. I am not going back, we have come back for peace,” he said. The Governor of Wau State applauded the forces for taking the bold step and respecting the presidential call. “I also thank God that you have come back home and I hope you have come with a heart for peace, am speaking to you now from the bottom of my heart, we are all from this State, you all know me,” Acho said. He further informed the fighters that all processes for their reintegration would be communicated through the national government but as for now they will be allocated a temporary cantonment site within Wau. On his part, Wau state Information Minister, David John Ponis welcomed the return of the forces. Posted in: Home -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- 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]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oqZ9ripr-%2BO1VZ3fS4kuSAfhtiH5-G1uVwaVetjrm7xkA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
