Western Bahr el Ghazal State’s Wau County Ngogwa village at Momoi area came under attack on Tuesday night by unidentified armed group; setting the whole village on fire.
A survivor from the attack whose home was reduced to ashes, Rita Andreano says she lost over 20 sacks of peanuts and several valuable items, Radio Voice of Hope reported.
Another survivor, Clement Peter says he heard people knocking at his mother’s door threatening to shoot and then he sneaked his way to a nearby jungle as he saw burning flame shooting up from residences.
Wau County Commissioner Anthony Fada Ubur claims that SPLM/A-In-Opposition under Dr Riek Machar carried out the attack on civilians.
Commissioner Fada says two Ugandan citizens lumbering in Abushaka forests were kidnapped by the group and that their whereabouts remains unknown.
Opposition leader’s spokesperson James Gatdet Dak on Wednesday while responding to the allegation on VOA South Sudan-In-Focus denied any civilian attack by the movement; stressing their commitment to August 26 peace agreement.