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UPPER NILE - 18 Apr 2017

Shilluk leaders accuse Johnson Olony of targeting senior Agwelek officers

photo: General Johnson Olony
photo: General Johnson Olony

A group of leaders from the Shilluk tribe in Upper Nile State has accused Agwelek commander General Johnson Olony of killing senior Agwelek officers from one section of the Shilluk tribe.

In a statement signed by 10 Shilluk community leaders and seen by Radio Tamazuj, the leaders accused Johnson Olony and his deputy Paromi Angui of killing high ranking officers from Panyikang County.

The statement addressed to the UN Secretary General and the UN Human Rights Commission called for investigations into the targeted killing of Gen.Thomas Otien Aluong last month and Gen. Mujahid at Lelo area last year allegedly by Johnson Olony.