South Sudan’s exiled former army chief Paul Malong Awan said constant provocations by people whom he labelled as "the enemies of peace" would force him to take a decision, without elaborating.
In a statement released on Sunday, Malong said there is a threat to his life and that of his family, while denying the purported leaked audio tape recording conversations he had with commanders on the ground to take up arms and fight Kiir’s government.
Malong, who was released from house arrest in Juba in November 2017, claimed the enemies of peace were behind the alleged audio tape.
“I would want to make it clear to the people of South Sudan that the tape is fake and doesn’t bear the slightest authenticity in it. The tape record is a clear imitation of my voice minted by my well known enemies,” he said.
The former military chief accused individuals around President Kiir of trying to create damaging rumours in order to survive.
Malong said he personally purchased this recording machine when he was in National Security docket before South Sudan independence.
“The machine works in two ways, it works to trap terrorist and drug dealers, it can also diverts the phone number and the voice of the trappers to the victims associated in order to trapped them, It can record known numbers who call regular lines and second the machine has ability to record the voice of a victim and this recorded voice can be turned around to cook future voices for the sake of implication,” he said.
“This second function incredibly can be used by your enemies against you whenever they wish to fix you as a security threat to the country. This is what has happened in this case,”he added.
Malong pointed out that the provocations are meant to push him to rebel.