A politician in one of the ten states of South Sudan has been accused of using state funds to obtain letters of credit (L/Cs) for private purposes.

Kuel Aguer stands accused of several other acts of corruption, though the caretaker governor of Northern Bahr al Ghazal and his supporters deny the accusations.

Impeachment

Supporters of Aguer claim that far from committing corrupt acts, the governor has been responsible for cracking down on corruption in the state.

Aguer has now been impeached, but his supporters say corrupt officials engineered the impeachment because they stand to lose out under his anti-corruption measures.

The members of parliament who voted to impeach Aguer however listed several corruption charges against the governor in their impeachment resolution. They said he illegally borrowed money from the state and used it to cause L/Cs to be issued to a company run by his son.

Aguer denied these charges in a recent radio programme.

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