Investigative: Kiir’s office makes suspicious deposit of $2 million into South Africa’s bank account
Forensic Accounting Investigation features details of suspicious transaction summaries.
January 23rd, 2020 (SSNN)—A forensic accounting investigator revealed on Wednesday that a high-ranking government official in South Sudan had transferred a substantial amount of money worth two million US Dollars to a foreign bank account linked to South Africa.
“After reviewing the transaction summaries, we realized that the Basic Bank Account Number (BBAN) belongs to South Africa, and then our team later discovered that a senior government official from that country [South Sudan], we may not be in a position to disclose, transferred an amount of $ 2 million Dollars through an international bank,” the investigator revealed.
The purpose of such a large amount of money is not yet clear and government officials could not be immediately reached for comment.
South Sudan, which gained independence from Sudan on July 9, 2011, has been plunged into violent conflict, killing nearly 400,000 people and uprooting millions from their homes.
In September 2018, South Sudan’s government and the Opposition signed a peace agreement to end the conflict, however, determining the number of states and their boundaries has been one of the obstacles, delaying the formation of a unity government.
Last week, after the two principals failed to reach an agreement on states’ issue, the South African Deputy President, David Mabuza proposed that the issue be referred to an international arbitration mechanism to help address the issue, however, the proposal was rejected by the SPLM-IO, instead it called on the Troika countries and the African Union to form an independent committee to find a durable solution to the matter.
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