Ateny Wek Ateny, spokesman of South Sudan president Salva Kiir has dismissed as mere propaganda reports in which rebels Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition or armed dissident youth allied to the former first vice president, Riek Machar, have captured Morobo.
“The allegations that Morobo was captured by Rebels of Riek Machar were mere propaganda in an attempt to comfort rebels’ supporters that they still have something they should continue to support. Never did our gallant forces felt any threat of being overrun by the rebels. The rebels around Morobo and Yei are only capable of killing civilians either based on ethnicity or indiscriminately. So, please ignore the rebels. Our forces in Morobo are intact and Morobo is under government control”, said Ateny Wek Ateny in a statement.