South Sudanese rebels loyal to former First Vice President, Riek Machar said on Thursday they had released three oil engineers from India and Pakistan that their forces had captured recently.
The three were released on the orders of rebel leader Riek Machar. Indians Midhun Ganesh and Edward Ambrose and Pakistani Ayaz Hussein Jamali, were captured at the Adar oilfields in Upper Nile earlier this month.
“The aforementioned three oil workers, who were captured from the Adar oilfields, are hereby released, “partly reads Machar’s release order addressed to the SPLM-IO committee for energy in Khartoum.
“Contact the embassies of Republic of India and Pakistan in Khartoum to inform them accordingly of the release of the oil workers and to brief them on the position of the SPLM/SPLA (IO) on peace in South Sudan.”
The three men were transported to the Sudanese capital, Khartoum on Thursday in a special plane from Ethiopia.
Photo: Paloich oilfields in Upper Nile. (Radio Tamazuj)