It was not clear why the community is asking for relocation of the SPLA-IO base, but there have been clashes between community youth and some parties including the SPLA-IO and the SSPDF in Maban that led to looting of a market there.
The South Sudan People’s Defense Forces and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition have in most occasions traded accusations of attacking civilians in the area which has been in relative peace since outbreak of war in 2013.
Speaking to the media following a meeting with First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny who is also the Chairman and Commander in Chief of the SPLA-IO, Monybuny said he discussed with Machar the resolution of the conflict in Maban with Machar.
He said one of the issues discussed with Machar was the request by the community there that the main armed opposition group have its base relocated from Liang where it is currently located to a different location.
“We discuss how to resolve conflict in Maban and one of it was to relocate the IO cantonment sides from Liang and I have delivered the letter written by community letter requesting Vice President, Dr. Riek Machar to relocate the IO cantonment sites to other place,” Monybuny said.
The senior Upper Nile state government official who arrived in Juba earlier this week following a peace mission to Maban said he has also briefed the first vice president over his visit and how to resolve the dispute in the area.
it was not stated in very clear point we the youth has written the requesting relocation of spla-io from maban territory. we want opposition army to be relocation because they burn down the food staffs of the civilian and looted the livestock’s of the civilian and burn down the shelters of the civilian and displaced more than five bomas and until now civilian are still sheltering under trees and the matter has been not taken seriously
because we don’t know whether maban civilian belong to south Sudan government. and now it coming to
rain season and the civilian are still not yet given any support whether from government or ngo.