A coordinator for justice and peace commission at the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wau has been arrested by police on orders of the SPLA army.

Natalina Andrea Mabu was taken into police custody on Wednesday, a catholic priest told Radio Tamazuj on Friday.

Pastor Moses Peter Joseph said the charge was not announced but Natalina was under investigations over a suspected outbreak of food poisoning during a workshop organized in Wau town where a top army commander and his bodyguard died recently.

Peter explained that unconfirmed reports say that Andrea had a telephone conversation with one of the army officers before the workshop kicked off in Wau. “This could be one of the reasons for her arrested,” he said.

For his part, the information minister in Wau State, David John Pons denied knowledge of Andrea’s detention.