South Kordofan citizens who are living as refugees in South Sudan have rejected the recent resignation tendered by the SPLM-N deputy chairman Abdel-Aziz Adam Al-Hilu.

In a twelve-page resignation letter addressed to the Nuba Mountain Liberation Council, Al-Hilu disclosed differences in the national leadership council.

Speaking to Radio Tamazuj on Wednesday, several Nuba refugees at Yida, Pamir and Ajuong Thok camps, said Al-Hilu’s resignation will affect the issues of South Kordofan. They further said there will not be peace and stability in South Kordofan without Abdel-Aziz Al-Hilu.

Tutu Yonan, a youth leader at Ajuong Thok camp, said the resignation will cause significant differences in the SPLM-N leadership and that it will definitely affect the prospect for peace in the area.

“We are worried because if Al-Hilu has resigned, then nobody will follow up our issues, so we are asking him to revoke his decision. And we urge our military leaders to amicably resolve their differences,” said Tutu.

Meanwhile, Kamal Al-Hajj, a refugee living in Yida camp, said the refugees reject Al-Hilu’s resignation, while urging him to reverse the decision.

SPLM-N has been fighting the Sudanese army and its allied militia in the Blue Nile and South Kordofan regions since 2011.

Photo: Abdel-Aziz Adam Al-Hilu/Youtube