Opinion

EMMANUEL ADIL ANTHONY’S LAND GRABBING CONTROVERSY: A GOVERNOR AT WAR WITH CUSTOMARY LAW IN CENTRAL EQUATORIA STATE

In every constitutional order worth its name, the State is the sentinel of rights, not their most sophisticated violator. Yet, the statement issued by the Office of the Governor of Central Equatoria State on Friday, 8th May 2026 reads less like a defence grounded in law and more like a hurried political varnish attempting to conceal the unmistakable fingerprints of administrative overreach. When the State is accused of encroaching upon the customary land of the Nyori Vosokari family, land consecrated by burial grounds, it is not merely a dispute over soil; it is a collision between power and principle, between authority and legality.