By Deng Ghai Deng<\/p>\n
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Residents and police officers in Jonglei State, in a heartfelt farewell ceremony, honoured Maj. Gen. Elia Costa Faustino, who has been relocated following a three-year tenure as police<\/strong><\/em> commissioner.<\/strong><\/p>\n Lauded for his exceptional leadership, Gen. Costa’s tenure was marked by a significant reduction in insecurity and a strengthened sense of unity within the police force.<\/p>\n Simon Hoth Dual, Jonglei State Minister for Local Government and Law Enforcement, praised Gen. Costa for his unwavering professionalism and integrity.<\/p>\n \u201cMaj. Gen. Elia Costa is a professional man who knows how to do his job. Since he came to Jonglei State three years ago as the police commissioner,\u201d Hoth said.<\/p>\n \u201cHe has cooperated with the people of Jonglei State, and whenever there are any orders from the government to be executed, he takes them with seriousness,” he added.<\/p>\n Minister Hoth said Gen. Costa\u2019s leadership has been instrumental in Jonglei state’s progress, exemplifying the true spirit of service and dedication.<\/p>\n Addressing the gathering, Gen. Costa expressed deep gratitude for the warm reception and support he received from the people of Jonglei.<\/p>\n Originally from Western Equatoria, Costa described Jonglei as his “second motherland” and emphasized the significance of the farewell as a symbol of national unity.<\/p>\n “From the reception I got since day one I came here and the cooperation from you, the people of Jonglei, I am very happy. It was my first time to come to Bor, and you welcomed me as someone whom you knew before. I never expected such a level of cooperation and kindness.” Gen. Costa said.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n As Gen. Elia Costa transitions to his new role as police commissioner in Lakes state, he is succeeded by Maj. Gen. John Baak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Deng Ghai Deng Residents and police officers in Jonglei State, in a heartfelt farewell ceremony, honoured Maj. Gen. Elia Costa Faustino, who has been relocated following a three-year tenure as police commissioner. Lauded for his exceptional leadership, Gen. Costa’s tenure was marked by a significant reduction in insecurity[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":28139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jonglei-state","category-national","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Maj.-Gen.-Elia-Costa-Faustino.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28138","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28138"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28140,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28138\/revisions\/28140"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}