Pinykango County Commissioner is removed over land dispute

It was on Monday evening that I received very strange and ugly news from Malakal. The County Commissioner of Pinykango was removed and replaced with another one. The reason for that step is weird and cannot be comprehended by a sound mind.

He had refused to give a piece of land within his county to some Nuer Lau displaced during the civil war and had found refuge in Obel. They (the Nuer) want that area to be named as their Payam.

It is worth mentioning that before his removal he had called for a meeting of all the citizens of his county residing in Malakal to explain to them the developments in his county. He informed them of what was going on and of his meeting with the governor of the state and the King. All the attendees categorically rejected the move by the State Government. Two days later after this meeting he was removed and replaced by Mr. Gabriel Nyawello who is said to have accepted to grant that piece of land to the Nuer Lau and to name it as their Payam.

As I am writing this piece, Hon. Mustafa Mayak Gai was arrested and taken to the security premises for interrogation. Hon. Mustafa who hails from Pinykango County won the elections for State Legislative Assembly in the card of SPLM-DC. Right after the elections, he was arrested and stayed for five months in the army jail somewhere in Khorflus.

At the moment the youth of Pinykango County residing in Malakal are in a serious meeting discussing the issue. They are expected to come out with a resolution of a peaceful demonstration and handing over to the state government a letter of protest.

We will not accept and we will stand always firm for any piece of land in the Collo Kingdom.