Arrest warrants issued after two disappearances in South Sudan
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Eye Radio
Kapoeta South authorities have issued arrest warrants against people suspected of being involved in the disappearance of Alex Lotyem, a Sudan People’s Liberation Movement official, and his friend Matthew Loteyo. The two men were reportedly arrested at a hotel on 30 October, reports Eye Radio.
Authorities in Kapoeta South County, in Eastern Equatoria State, South Sudan, have issued arrest warrants against people suspected of being involved in the disappearance of Alex Lotyem, secretary of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) in Kapoeta South, and his friend Matthew Loteyo. The caretaker county commissioner, Yousif Lotelo Lobole, announced the warrants to Eye Radio on Monday.
The two men were reportedly arrested at a hotel in Kapoeta on 30 October and have remained missing since then. Yousif Lotelo Lobole said searches had been continuing at several locations for nearly a week and that some people present when they were arrested had been apprehended, according to Eye Radio.
