By Lodu William Odiya<\/p>\n
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Warrap State has arrested 14 officials from the State Revenue Authority for illegally opening Tharkueng Bridge checkpoint.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n They were arrested by members of South Sudan People\u2019s Defense Force (SSPDF) 11th Infantry Division<\/p>\n In an interview with No. 1 Citizen Newspaper yesterday, Information Minister Mamer Bath confirmed the arrests.<\/p>\n \u201cThat was not a rumor; it was a confirmed case. Fourteen revenue staff members were arrested almost two weeks ago,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Mamer explained that, as declared during the governor\u2019s forum, all checkpoints must be closed, and the implementation was ongoing.<\/p>\n \u201cThey were actually following the president’s orders, but there was a misunderstanding regarding the type of checkpoint. The president only stated that all these checkpoints must be shut down, except for bridge checkpoints, which must continue operating. That\u2019s where the confusion arose,\u201d Mr. Bath highlighted.<\/p>\n He stated that the detained staff were in the custody of Division 11 in Majandit, adding that efforts were being made to secure their release.<\/p>\n In January, the SSPDF said they had dismantled all checkpoints along major roads across the country following a directive from President Salva Kiir.<\/p>\n The checkpoints, including illegal ones, were faulted for extorting traders and travellers and skyrocketing commodity prices.<\/p>\n Earlier this year, SSPDF spokesperson Major General Lul Ruai Koang reassured the public that while illegal checkpoints have been removed, the army is maintaining surveillance through strategic patrols to ensure safety along the highways.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are monitoring the roads, and patrols will continue where needed,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n As South Sudan navigates the complex balance between improving road access and ensuring security, the public remains divided on the implications of this policy shift.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Lodu William Odiya Warrap State has arrested 14 officials from the State Revenue Authority for illegally opening Tharkueng Bridge checkpoint. They were arrested by members of South Sudan People\u2019s Defense Force (SSPDF) 11th Infantry Division In an interview with No. 1 Citizen Newspaper yesterday, Information Minister Mamer Bath[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":36839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Check-point-.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36838","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=36838"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36840,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36838\/revisions\/36840"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}