Warrap State governor bodyguards are all live, he wasn’t attacked

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Warrap State governor didn’t fall into an ambush, all his bodyguards are alive, his Press Office has confirmed.  

Gen. Aleu Ayieng, the recently appointed governor of Warrap State in the unity government was not attacked and none of his bodyguards is dead, according to Albino Kuek – the governor’s Press Secretary.  

Kuek told 211 Check that the governor is on a State tour mission aimed at creating trust and peaceful co-existence among communities of Warrap and its neighbors.  

But the Facebook post which is now deleted by the poster, though it was screenshot by 211 team alleged that the governor fell into an ambush along Tonj South County road – an incident the poster claimed left 6 of his bodyguards killed.

“Aleu Ayieng, the governor of Warrap State is reported to have escaped an ambush on his way to Tonj South County, the attackers have claimed lives of 6 bodyguards when they attempted to exchange fire with armed youth, Emmanuel Monychol Akop and other reliable sources on ground have claimed” reads the Facebook post which is now deleted.

However, the link Facebook post still exist, and the screenshot can be seen below – https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2889732944643893&id=100008216473945&sfnsn=mo

Alleged post regarding the governor’s attack

The report also claimed that the development was confirmed by The Dawn Daily Newspaper Editor in Chief – Emmanuel Monychol Akop who is currently in Warrap State.

But when contacted by 211, Emmanuel Monychol said he didn’t share any information of that sort, stating that the news was misleading, “the move was designed as an attempt to spoil my public image”.

In a press statement issued by Albino Kuek Deng, Warrap State Governor’s Press Secretary seen by 211, he described the news as misleading information professed by anti-peace elements who want to cause confusion among the peace loving citizens of Warrap State.

“The Governor [Aleu Ayieny] is currently conducting rallies, disseminating peace messages. He is in Rualbat Payam of Tonj North County and will proceed to Kirrik Payam thereafter. The place is calm for the past two days the Governor has been here,” Albino said in a statement.

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A fabricated content, the incident happened in South Africa, not in South Sudan

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Authors: Story fact checked by Geu Lazarus and Garang Abraham

The alleged Facebook accident between a motorist and an elephant along the Juba-Nimule Highway over the weekend is a false information, according to a local official and online search engines.

On Saturday, a South Sudanese Facebook user claimed that a motorist collided with a troubled elephant along South Sudan’s major highway that connects the country to the East African region.

“First, he [driver] parked his car along the road and got out for peeing, as he was done, he immediately got into the car…and before he could start the engine, the troubled elephant came in a speedy and attempted to jump over the car but could it make it” the online user claimed via a Facebook post.

“The incident resulted in the breaking of the man’s leg. The survivor was picked by a Red Cross car that managed to coordinate through his undamaged phone. Now, he is undergoing treatment at Juba Teaching Hospital” he added.

When the 211 fact check team fact checked the picture used in the post, it was identified that the image used was taken in South Africa, but not in South Sudan as alleged by the poster.

According to various online search engines, the image was featured by Earth News Network on 8th of August 2014, in a story where a pair of tourists on a safari in South Africa found themselves in precarious situation, when a bull elephant decided to use their vehicle’s roof and bonnet to relieve an itch.

The same story was in the following year reposted by Dailymotion – a French video-sharing technology platform primarily owned by Vivendi on 14th of December 2015, explaining the same South Africa’s elephant/tourist related story.

In addition, Red Cross South Sudan Communication Unit revealed that their Eastern Equatoria State sub-offices didn’t record any related incident of such manifestation.

“I contacted our Western and Eastern Equatoria offices to find out whether such an occurrence was handled by Red Cross offices, they told me such a case was not registered over the weekend” said Marial Mayom, Red Cross South Sudan Communication Manager.

The two above evidence based investigations seemingly disqualifies the alleged story, which automatically categorized it under fabricated, misleading and satire types of misinformation.

Note: False information spreads so first, kindly endeavor to always remain cautious while online. Don’t share any content you are not sure of or you don’t know its origin. Think before you click!

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