A government official in South Sudan’s Yei River County went missing after a road ambush at Mile 16 along the Yei-Lasu road last week, a local official said.
Yei River County Commissioner Justin Lokonga Kenyi told Radio Tamazuj on Monday that the area’s executive director Scopas Gale Modi went missing.
Justin accused the opposition of holding the executive director captive in the area. “Scopas was captured when he left Yei for Uganda to attend a memorial service,” he said.
Rebel officials in the area could not immediately be reached for comment.