Former Terekeka governor welcomes sacking

File photo: South Sudan President Salva Kiir

Former governor of Terekeka state Augustino Laku has welcomed his dismissal by the country’s president Salva Kiir on Wednesday.

Former governor of Terekeka state Augustino Laku has welcomed his dismissal by the country’s president Salva Kiir on Wednesday.

His comments come a day after President Kiir sacked him. In a decree read on the state-owned SSBC, Kiir removed Laku and replaced him with Jacob Gore Samuel, without giving reasons.

Laku told Radio Tamazuj on Thursday that his removal was a normal administrative change which happens everywhere.

The sacked governor welcomed his successor Jacob Gore with a pledge to extend his support should it be required in Terekeka state.