Iloli and Oguruny communities in Torit State have agreed to reconcile and stay in peace after several conflicts between them.
Chairperson of Peace Commission, German Charles Ojok told Radio Emmanuel that the two communities have shared their grievances and way forward in Ilieu village during their peace conference over the weekend
He says the conference was different from previous meetings organized in the area because the two communities settled their issues and agreed to live in peace without government involvement.
‘This time system was a bit so much difference the previous conference is peace dialogue meeting were done sometime by the government and whenever they see the government, the number of ,solders holding guns, police so they look at it as it was a forceful agreement but this time the agreement is owned by the community themselves no military personal seen by nor if even the police side only the community with their local leaders it look as if this one is going to be successful because they own it and we told them that since they are the one who own it they have to protect and care for it this is their own peace is not the peace of any other person’
The two communities mentioned, cattle raiding, grazing land, killing and many others which created insecurity in the area, this is according to Mr German.
‘They should coordinate and through coordination the person who might have actually cause that problem will be known and the youth will now coordinate together to make such person should be arrested and take to the law so that the whole village will not be charge on one person’
He urges the two communities to own, protect and implement their agreement to live together in peace.
The chairperson was speaking to Radio Emmanuel in his office on Tuesday.