The speaker of the Abyei Legislative Assembly, Judge Alor Ajang, died in a traffic accident on Tuesday.
The deputy Information Minister of Abyei, Kuol Mayan, told Radio Tamazuj that the vehicle carrying speaker Alor Ajang and others had an accident on the road between Agok and Abyei town. Judge Alor Ajang died instantly, and at least five people who were accompanying him, including two parliamentarians, were wounded.
The wounded were taken to Agok hospital for treatment.
File photo: People moving south along the Abyei-Agok road