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The South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF) has denied that its soldiers were involved in the killing of a cleric and several other people in Lainya County of Central Equatoria on Tuesday, 1 June.
SSPDF soldiers set men on fire in Loka: Archbishop
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Dr. Paul Pitiya Benjamin Yugusuk, the Episcopal Church of South Sudan Archbishop of the Central Equatoria Internal Province said three SSPDF soldiers forced Christians to drink alcohol, looted civilians, and forced five men into a hut before setting it on fire in Lainya County on Christmas Eve.
“I regret to inform all the Christians and the leadership of the church that members of our churches in Loka West have been attacked by three government soldiers. They forced members of the Revival Movement of Loka to drink alcohol,” Dr. Yugusuk told Radio Tamazuj on Wednesday.