Police authorities in Western Bahr El Ghazal say the killing of Wau Paramount Chief Angelo Baggari Sunday night was politically motivated.
Police Acting Commissioner Deng Malual in a cabinet briefing on Tuesday says the suspect left a letter demanding that the state governor steps down and the police June salaries totaling to three million South Sudanese Pounds which went missing last year be paid, Radio Voice of Hope reported.
The late chief’s elder wife Teresa Acin suspects that the promotion of her husband to a paramount chief last week could be the cause of his assassination.
Arkangelo Kunda Ugali, the chief’s village colleague and a neighbor, attested that chief Baggari was a good man who was encouraging people to cultivate to avert hunger.
The assassination of the Paramount Chief is a blow to the state government and officials announced three-day mourning with a flag flying at half mask in his honor starting from Monday.