The commissioner of Jebel Boma County in the Greater Pibor
Administrative Area has been reportedly killed along with 13 other officials in
a road ambush in the area.
Jeremiah Korok Lotuboi and the team were returning home from
Nyat Payam on Wednesday morning when their convoy came under attack by unidentified
gunmen.
The administrative area information minister says some of
the victims were senior army officials in the region, notably the deputy SSPDF commander.
“They had gone to Nyat Payan, where they spent a night. While
coming back, they fell into the ambush and this is where the 14, including the
commissioner and the SSPDF commander were killed,” Abraham Kelang confirmed to
Mingkaman FM.
Kelang accused armed youth from Pochalla of carrying out the
deadly attack – an accusation Mingkaman FM cannot independently verify.
Abraham added that the Area administrator has ordered the
commissioner of Pochalla County to identify the perpetrators and hold them to
account.
There have been reports of clashes in the area since September
2023 when soldiers shot dead the former SSPDF commander there.
An Anyuak, Col. Okony Okwom Othow was gunned down at his house
by government soldiers, prompting youth to fight back.