Africa-Press – South-Sudan. A traditional leader said residents of the Amadi Residential Area of Juba are living in fear and many fled back to displacement camps following the killing of one person in an inter-communal fighting over land dispute on Wednesday.
Simon Deng Bol, a paramount chief in the area said Amadi, which was allocated to tens of thousands of integrated Internally Displaced Persons in Juba, now faces widespread insecurity.
Deng disclosed that the trigger of the incident was on August 28, when a man was shot dead by unknown gunmen.
He reported that, following the incident, there were individuals with illegal guns living among communities and they are creating havoc and scaring the civilians in their homes.
“I am the one who distributed plots of land to the rest of the communities here in Amadi. It has become clear to us that some men who possess weapons are threatening the citizens in the area,” he said in an interview with Eye Radio.
“We filed 13 reports with the Tiger Brigade because of land problems with the armed men in Amadi. They have been firing bullets into the air three times until one of the people died on the 28th of August. They refused to hand over the weapons.”
Mr. Deng said the unidentified gun owners have also been attempting to evict people from demarcated blocks leading to disputes and displacement.
He stated that the situation is not yet calm as hundreds of people have fled Amadi and went back to the IDP camps.
He underscored that those who returned to the former Protection of Civilian Site (POCS) are now facing challenges including lack of food, shelter and water.
“Currently, the security situation in Amadi is not good. They forced all the citizens most of them children and women to flee to the Protection of Civilians site leaving the shelter behind them.”
He called for an urgent intervention by the states government to bring calm within the communities of Amadi.
“They are now living there without food or shelter and he is the only one left there. Therefore, I appeal to you, the Commissioner of Juba County, to intervene and send a force to address the problem.”
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