Banditry killing of paramount chief in Collo land is a warning to all political leaders

Every human being is grieved by the lost of their loved ones especially when it occurs in tragedy atmosphere like what happened to the chief Peter Oyath Odhok. According to close source these bandits who killed the chief cannot be alleged to any party, for they were reacted out bitterness for what chief has done to their community in recent days.

The chief was on his way to Malakal to bring home those who were accused of having illegal arms, where he was ambushed by those bandits. In recent unofficial disarmament made by SPLA forces in Collo kingdom Oyath was alleged to be behind this activities. Many members of Panyikango communities were upset and anger with him, because their young ladies and wives were raped by SPLA soldiers before their eyes, especially people who are accused by chief suffered terrible consequences. Not only that their kids were forced to testified falsely against their fathers of having illegal arms by burning candles on their back, the wounds at the back of the children are true witness to what Oyath did to his own people.

Sadly, those ladies and women who were raped by SPLA soldiers are traumatized by ugly and crucial action, some of those soldiers may be HIV carriers, and they had already disseminated the virus into lives of many community members, in years to come majority of people will be wipe out by this killing disease as result of orchestrate plan made by the chief in collaboration with SPLA soldiers in the area. Leave alone the humiliation and abuses the children received. These bad images gave signal that SPLA soldiers are brutal arms used to terrorize people instead of protecting people.

Sincerely speaking I tried to interview some people to find out the motive behind this brutal killing, the responses were that Oyath deserved that kind of death and those who died together with him were regard as traitors also. Many people reiterated that they are ready to eliminate the traitors who associated themselves with enemy of Collo land. Those who support well destructive plan in Collo land will receive the same fate of paramount chief, for nobody who is immune of death, whatever their position. This reactionary killing will not stop unless those who support criminals will cease in their support.

The bandits who kill the paramount chief and his companions gave clear threatening warning that everyone who associated himself or herself with destroyer of Collo his time is coming soon, and they are determined to do more damage to this partial government of South Sudan members among Collo politicians who care about their personal gain. What death can they be afraid against more than harassment, agony inflicted on them? What death can they be afraid off more than humiliation, raping and abuses done on their families?

Many Collo communities vowed that they are not militias of any party as it had been alleged by SPLM that the Collo are militias of SPLM- DC. If you recalled election mode all people who vote for SPLM- DC were not DC members, but they were reacted to SPLM that failed them in many occasions; first Anakidarand Abanemo incident, George Athor refusing Collo to reconstruct their houses in their home land, president Salva gave Pigi to Danka's as County which is a Collo land. With these entire shortcomings from ruling party SPLM, can you think that such communities give SPLM their vote? For sure the answer is no. Instead for ruling party to come back to the community and apology for their wrong doing, they still want to continue terrorizing Collo people to make them subject to their wrong ideology of domination.

SPLM must be aware that Collo is third major tribe in Sudan if they decide to join Jallaba which you accused them falsely. Then for sure south will not taste peace and Referendum will not be attain for good. If SPLM think that SPLM-DC is poisonous to their government, be assured that Collo as tribe has nothing to do with the accused party (SPLM-DC). Collo as community has reacted to circumstance SPLM forced on them, they never reacted as DC and will not do that in future to come. All community members cannot become one party member is vague assumption. Let me be honest with the members of SPLM within Collo community, if they have problem with Dr. Lam Akol because of political differences they should not victimize Collo as whole for their personal aspiration. Let us be educated by what happened to our chief, this fate can happen to anyone of us if we temper with Collo affairs.

I believe in peace and harmony co-existence between different communities if leaders never fuel up hatred and domination spirit. But anyone who dig a pit for his brother he will fall into that pit as the Bible put it in proverb. Personally, I don't appreciate killing and revenging, because my faith tells me that let leave revenged to God.

I pray that God may comfort grieve families that lost their loving one, I plead that God may reveal himself to our political leaders to work for welfare of people rather than own interest. O Lord may you stop this bleeding in south Sudan which is inflicted on the community by their own sons. God, grant our leaders wisdom to lead your people.