Juba, South Sudan
January 26, 2022—Police in Nimule town of Eastern Equatoria State have apprehended a woman whose lover committed suicide last week.
In a statement seen by Nyamilepedia, Major David Khasmiro, the chief inspector of police in Nimule, said on Monday that Sergeant John Amei was a health care officer with the Tiger Division of the SSPDF but he took his life last week after realizing that his lover, the lady who is now in detention, is a wife to one of his relatives.
Mr. Khasmiro said the case has now been forwarded to court.
“The man killed himself. For sure he had a relationship with the woman whose husband works in Juba. It turns out he was related to the husband of his lover,” Major Khasmiro explained in a statement obtained by Nyamilepedia.
According to Khasmiro, some of these women have no self-control and cannot wait.
He said “after they committed adultery, the husband came with other relatives to solve the problem but the man (Amei) decided to commit suicide.”.
Nimule Town Clerk Max Yousif Kalafala confirmed that the lady was being detained in the police station.
“The late is John Amei, a sergeant in Tiger Division of SSPDF. He is a lotuko by tribe from the Logir area,” Kalafala said.
According to Town Clerk, the woman was not even his wife but because due to intoxication he messed up.
“They did not even report the suicide to the police but we just realized that soldiers took his body for burial.”, Kalafala emphasized.
