Kalisto allegedly attracted attention after he launched initiatives focused on fighting land grabbing in Juba, Central Equatoria State, South Sudan 🇸🇸.
While speaking to Eye Radio, the wife to Kalisto Ladu, the former Mayor of Juba City, stated that her husband was arrested on Easter Sunday by unidentified security personnel.
Ann Grace Juan Fiorentino told the Eye Radio that Kalisto was stopped by armed men outside his gate on his way home at midnight on Sunday.
According to Juan, the Ex-Mayor of Juba was beaten in front of her before being forced into an armored Toyota Land-cruiser and driven away.Juan said she tried to move towards the scene but had to back off as she was threatened at gun point.
"One of the soldiers said, this person is not listening to us, and another one told him to beat Kalisto. So he beat him violently and forced him into their car.
While I watched what they did, I became paralyzed and could not cry or even call for help.
I moved towards the scene and one of them threatened me at a gunpoint, and told me not to approach them. When I saw the weapon on my face, I turned back and they took Kalisto with them."
When asked who those people were, Juan said, "some of them wore civilian clothes while others wore military uniforms with military equipment. But I am not sure of their forces whether they were security or police. They were approximately 8 to 10 people."
When contacted by Eye Radio, the Police Spokesperson, General Daniel Justin said they learnt about the incident on the social media. And that there was no official report about Kalisto being detained in any Police Station.
"All of us got this incident on the social media but he is not in any police custody, and we didn't receive any formal report or complaint. So, we started investigating this case." He said.
For his part, the Spokesperson of the National Security Service, David Kumuri, told Eye Radio that he was still gathering information and consulting with the leadership about the matter.
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