The Governor of Jonglei Kual Manyang Jok says the Government of South Sudan has to take the threats of David Yau Yau seriously.
By Jacob Achiek Jok
BOR, 17 May 2013 [Gurtong] –He said is the Yau Yau war is a psychological one since he doesn’t have battalions to fight the professional South Sudanese Army (SPLA).
“The warning of Yau Yau regarding his plan to attack Bor and Block Juba-Bor road is a psychological warfare. Yau Yau has no capacity, he doesn’t have battalions. I have been informed that he came from Sudan in April with a force of 37 people,” Kuol said.
Manyang said that the rebels have been receiving supplies by air from Khartoum government.
“They have been given ammunitions and some arms but I don’t think they were in big quantity that could make him mobilize a force. The ammunitions he receives could not be enough to make him conduct the operations for long,” the governor said.
He said the air drops of ammunitions and arms have attracted many youth to join him (Yau Yau) to raid cattle from the neighboring communities in Pibor County.
“The youth were in need of ammunitions in order for them to go for their business of cattle raiding. They joined in big numbers because they wanted the ammunitions and he diverted them to attack the SPLA forces that were patrolling the area,” he said.
He said that they were deceived to attack SPLA and killed them to encourage their suppliers to give them more ammunition.
Kuol said that the SPLA forces just saw the youth as civilians in their own villages as they were mobilized to remain as civilians. The governor however said not all the Murle people have joined the Yau-Yau rebels.