The South Sudan Human Rights Society for Advocacy has called on the national interior deputy minister to resign over the mysterious murder of a traffic police officer.
The society issued a statement saying it was shocked by the murder of 25-year old Banyjioth Mathoat Tap from Mayom County, in Unity State.Mathoat’s body was found on March 30 at Tongpiny Residential Area in Juba in a pool of water close to the deputy minister’s residence.
The society said Mr Mathoat “was murdered under yet unascertained circumstances though allegations per his death are circumstantially implicating the Deputy Minister of Interior General Salva Mathok Gengdit as linked to his premises.”
South Sudan Human Rights Society for Advocacy Executive Director Biel Boutros Biel said the murder “is another hopeless incident as like the case of Isaiah Abraham’s murder.”
He added that it’s a very sad news and big blow to the fight against impunity on the violations of human rights and rule of law in South Sudan, where security of ordinary but innocent citizens is at stake.
The Society urged Deputy Minister Mathok to resign immediately because he is one of those tasked with the security and the safety of the citizens in the city and in the country and his house was the murder scene.
The rights group asked President Salva Kiir Mayardit to relieve Deputy Minister Mathok if he fails to resign and MPs at the National Legislative Assembly to impeach the Deputy Minister if he fails to resign or the President does not relieve him.