CEPO condemns Mayom deadly violence

JUBA – The Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO) has condemned this morning’s fighting in Mayom town of South Sudan’s Unity State, saying it is the results of individuals taking law into their own hands.

Fierce fighting erupted in Mayom town at dawn on Friday resulting in the killing of the Mayom County Commissioner James Chuol Gatluak who was burned to death along with bodyguards following attack by forces loyal to General Stephen Buay Rolnyang.

In a statement, Edmund Yakani, the Executive Director of CEPO condemned the fighting and said the deadly violence is the results of individuals taking law into their own hands and urged state authorities to bring to book those behind the incident.

“CEPO strongly condemns the incident and it contributes to criminal acts. The act of taking law into one’s hand is illegal and it should be abolished,” Yakani said in a statement to Sudans Post this morning.

“CEPO is calling upon the state authorities to bring the perpetrators to book and face due legal process,” he added.

The prominent activist further said “the incident is also sending message to political leaders that culture of torturing individuals is a bad culture that normally turning victims violent.”