Led by a Brigadier General…
Army deserters cross the border into South Sudan
The South Sudanese Authorities received a large number of Sudanese Army personnel fleeing from Al-Meiram in West Kordofan state to the Republic of South Sudan, led by a brigadier general in the Sudanese Army.
The Commander of the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF), Major General Anqun Anqum, stated: “The Sudanese Armed Forces deserters who withdrew from Al-Meiram were received in the town of Warqit.”
A number of the Sudanese Army Forces soldiers crossed the border between the two countries, after the Rapid Support Forces seized control of Al-Meiram Military Base in West Kordofan state last week.
Anqum added that the Sudanese Army deserters have been notified to remain in the location they arrived at, and they will be treated as refugees until further directives are received from the General Command of the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces.
The governor of Aweil East County, Ding Aher Ngun, stated that the force that arrived in South Sudan is led by a Brigadier General in the Sudanese Army, who is the Commander of Al-Meiram Garrison.
