Unknown Gunmen Slaughtered A female Pastor In Meridi County.

Maridi County today is under the spotlight not for the good reason but for the wrong reasons.  Because of the common South Sudan Issues of unknown gunmen. It is believed that a group of assailants from Maridi County infiltrated the Anglican Church in Sudan.

In the process, they killed the only female pastor who has been working in Maridi County for more than 15 years. The reasons for the murder of the female priest is still unknown as Emmanuel Laku who is working with the Criminal Investigation Department has said.

Mr Laku further stated that the CID Criminal Investigation Department will speed up the investigation process so that the culprits will be brought the book. He further urged for calm in Maridi County calling for the family of the deceased female pastor to give them little time to finish their investigation.

The female pastor is known by the name Seba Nakamis and she was in charge of St. Barnaba Maringido Parish in Maridi State.

In the year 2016, the Episcopal Church of Sudan provided the services necessary for the first ordination of a woman as a bishop. The first ordained woman as a bishop was called Elizabeth Awut Ngor, she was consecrated as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Rumbek.

Before the decree Maridi in October 2015. Maridi state was part of Western Equatoria State. President Salva Kiir issued a decree establishing 28 states in place of the 10 constitutionally established states. The decree established the new states largely along ethnic lines. A number of opposition parties and civil society groups challenged the constitutionality of the decree. Kiir later resolved to take it to parliament for approval as a constitutional amendment. In November the South Sudanese parliament empowered President Kiir to create new states.