Juba hotels turned into ‘jails’ as opposition peace delegates locked inside rooms

JUBA – A senior South Sudan opposition official is telling Sudans Post that Hotels in Juba are turning into jails after he and eleven other opposition delegates were locked inside their rooms and denied even going to rest room by the hotel administration.

Speaking to Sudans Post this evening, General David Nyang, a representative of South Sudan Opposition Alliance at CTSAMVM, said they have been locked inside their room by the manager and someone has fled with the keys saying the hotel rooms have become a jail.

“Someone came according to them (hotel management) and too the key and now they are telling us that he won’t be back until tomorrow. So they are telling us to stay inside the rooms until tomorrow without going to the bath rooms,” he said.

“So it is clear that the hotels have become jails and we know who is behind this conspiracy against opposition delegates,” he added.

The latest development comes two days after at least nine Juba hotels asked the government in a notice addressed to the presidential security advisor and chairperson of National Transitional Committee, Tutkew Gatluak, to pay $10 million outstanding fees that hasn’t been paid since earlier last year.