By Hidonge Eve Okimo/ Obale Emmanuel -Torit
Authorities of Owiny Kibul in Magwi County of Eastern Equatoria State say they have on Monday arrested a suspect accused of killing a 27-year-old man.
The man riding a motorcycle was shot dead by the gunmen on Saturday on his way back to his home from a place called Waligo bordering South Sudan and Uganda after he took his family members.
According to the head Chief Michael Obany, the suspected person was found through the struggle of the youth and the local authorities of Owiny Kibul and in collaboration with the Ugandan police.
He says the person was brought from the Ugandan site on Monday and he is now under police custody in Owinykibul and the investigation is ongoing.
“So they took the wife and the children with border Ugandan boarder he left the wife there so in the way coming now back home from the place call Waligo coming back home we have a stream called Kulo Kweyo so actually he was killed there so it is good enough with effort of youth and local authorities of Owinykibul they really managed at least to find out who did that. Actually he was got at Ugandan side to connection with Uganda in terms of collaboration he was brought back to Owinykibul here yesterday he was put in custody.
The chief reveals that the 27-year-old person who was arrested is a South Sudanese national.
He adds that the man was brought together with the motorcycle that he took from the deceased.
The head chief of Owinykibul made the statement to Radio Emmanuel on Tuesday