South Sudan’s National Security Service on Thursday afternoon arrested the Country Director of Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), Victor Moses. Victor was picked from his office in Tonpping and taken to NSS detention center in Jebel.
A source told Radio Tamazuj yesterday evening that the three officers in plain clothes came around 1pm at their office in Tonyping, near the US Residence, asked the security guard at the gate that that they want to see the country director.
“Three security personnel came this afternoon and asked the security guards at the gate that they want to meet the country director, but minutes later, a full truck of soldiers in uniform entered into the office compound and picked him,” he said.
“They picked him from the office and to the National Security office in Jebel were he’s currently held inside. There is no any clear reason given, as we are talking now, he’s now sleeping inside the national security detention site,” he said.
There is no response from the government so far.
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a humanitarian organization working in more than 25 countries globally. NRC has been working in Southern Sudan since 2004. It provides relief humanitarian assistance in the states of Central Equatorial, Jonglei, Lakes, Northern Bahr El Ghazal, Unity, Warrap and Western Bahr el Ghazal.