By Manas James Okony<\/p>\n
A bench court in the Jonglei State capital, Bor, on Wednesday 11th<\/sup> May 2023 sentenced 31 members of gang popularly known as \u2018Niggers\u2019 to a one-year jail term and a fine of SSP 100,000 each for terrorizing the town. <\/strong><\/p>\n Peter Jok Manyang, court chairperson, said the 31 convicts were among a group of 35 youth arrested by the police on charges of possession of weapons, illicit drug consumption, and immorality, among other offenses.<\/p>\n \u201cIn the state, there is a 6 pm to 5 am curfew within the town center, possession of weapons is banned, and consumption of illicit drugs like Bhangi and marungi is also banned,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n He added that the 31 people including a mother to 8-months-old baby and three other women were the first to be arrested by the police, charged and convicted.<\/p>\n According to the court official, the verdict was passed under a provisional order by the state council of ministers.<\/p>\n Due to the rising gang violence in the state capital, Bor, the council of ministers passed a provisional order to curb activities of niggers, he stressed.<\/p>\n In the provisional order, those arrested for the first, the second, and the third times are charged SSP 100 000, SSP 200 000 and SSP 500 000 respectively.<\/p>\n \u201cThe trend of criminal activities in Bor is worrying. Some of these convicts were arrested in a place they named \u2018Sodom and Gomora\u2019 where immorality takes place\u201d the official narrated.<\/p>\n He urged parents to cooperate with law enforcement bodies in curbing such vices.<\/p>\n Gen. Elia Costa Faustino, the state police commissioner, said gang violence in Bor is on the rise and worrying.<\/p>\n \u201cIn Bor, there are 8 such groups naming themselves West Coast, Great Warriors, and Original Gangs, among others,\u201d Faustino pointed.<\/p>\n He noted that the notorious groups were becoming a threat in the state, prompting the security to swing into action.<\/p>\n \u201cThe police in collaboration with the state security committee and municipality launched a crackdown leading to the arrest of over 35 people,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n The state police chief pointed out that the crackdown would continue until pacification of Bor, and he called on the public to join in fighting crimes.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Bior Ajang Jaden, an activist with a local NGO \u201cAtaka Hubs\u201d, lauded the crackdown, saying \u201cIf screening was done and only criminals were sent behind bars, then it wasn\u2019t really bad\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is going to help the society because these guys have been threatening the lives of civilians,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n He observed that when reformed, some of these boys could become lawyers, teachers, and doctors, for the nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Manas James Okony A bench court in the Jonglei State capital, Bor, on Wednesday 11th May 2023 sentenced 31 members of gang popularly known as \u2018Niggers\u2019 to a one-year jail term and a fine of SSP 100,000 each for terrorizing the town. Peter Jok Manyang, court chairperson, said the[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jonglei-state","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13669"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13670,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13669\/revisions\/13670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}