A man was last week shot dead for impregnating the wife of a village mate in the Iyak Village of Ikotos County in Eastern Equatoria State.
According to local authorities, the deceased Longek Loyira impregnated the wife of his killer identified as Amali Lojarwa. The incident occurred at 10 pm last Thursday after an earlier attempt in the day to resolve the matter traditionally.
The Ikotos County police inspector, Warrant Officer Gabriel Arok Akom, said the suspect has not yet been apprehended but that his officers are pursuing him.
“The village called Iyak is where the incident happened because of a woman. Someone took someone’s wife and they were resolving the case traditionally yesterday (Thursday) but unfortunately at around 10 pm he (Lojarwa) came and killed this man (Loyira) who impregnated his wife,” Police inspector Arok explained. “I sent the police to the crime scene but his person has not been arrested yet.”
Ohisa Abraham Lokoromotoch, the youth leader in Ikotos County condemned the killing and said the killer should have followed traditional ways of resolving the adultery case by engaging a mediator.
“As the youth leader, I am not happy about the incident that happened because the person who killed the man has taken us as the youth back to zero because we were making this place very peaceful,” Ohisa said. “The issue of adultery is not a new thing and it does not mean that you have to kill a person.”
The Ikotos County Paramount Chief, John Odongi, confirmed the murder and said the matter should have been resolved peacefully.
“These cases are very common and people should go to the law. According to our culture, if such things happen, then people will sit down and a cow has to be given followed by traditional rituals using a goat. People should follow this law because all of us are under the law,” Chief Odongi said. “I am urging the relatives of the late to follow the law because revenge is not good.”
Source: Radio Tamazuj