E. Equatoria religious leaders denounced the deaths of the New Nations Hotel manager and Presbyterian Church elder in Torit.
NCMP
July 18, 2022
The Network of Evangelical Churches in the Eastern Equatoria Area has condemned the rising insecurity and frequent murders of citizens in the state.
Abraham Gabriel, the manager of the New Nation Hotel, died of gunshot wounds at Torit State Hospital on Saturday morning after being wounded by unidentified attackers on Thursday night. Reverend Godfrey, a 70-year-old Presbyterian Church preacher, was killed and murdered at his Torit townhouse on Tuesday.
Bishop Joshua Lokurudek of Grace Gospel Church, the network’s chairman, urged the state’s citizens to be God-fearing and peacemakers.
“As religious leaders, we condemn these senseless deaths and the loss of the blood of innocent South Sudanese citizens. “We ask the people of Eastern Equatoria to love one another and to be God-fearing, peacemaking citizens,” he stated.
“We also denounced the murders of our beloved New Nation Hotel management and the elder of the Presbyterian Church in Torit town, as well as the events that transpired in Mugali, Kapoeta, and Iktotos.”
People should be able to freely access their gardens, according to Bishop Lokurudek, who asked the state government to act and curb the rising insecurity.
“God has endowed us with a country, but how we treat it cannot satisfy Him. We have rebelled against God, but there is still time for us to repent and get closer to God,” he stated.
“The Bible is used for swearing in, but we do not put God’s message into effect. Our conduct is not consistent with the Bible.”
Luka Enyasio, the coordinator of the pastor’s network’s members, stated that the population now lives in fear due to the daily killings in Torit town.
“It is not a healthy sign when people want peace while innocent people are murdered in their homes.
He groaned, “We do not know what is happening, and I believe that evil is the source of all occurring.”
“Even pastors are being murdered nowadays. I hope that God will give the government and the church the strength to continue caring about the difficulties.
Friday, Governor Louis Lobong returned from the border town of Nimule to the state capital of Torit to stem the rising insecurity in the state capital.
