Internally Displaced Persons from Jonglei State living in Mingkaman camp in Lakes State have rejected calls by some government officials persuading them to return home.

Marol Garang Deng is a chief in charge of an I-D-P in Mingkaman. He says his people will go back to Jonglei State only when a lasting peace is achieved in the country.

“Lasting peace is not yet signed or achieved in the country, so as chiefs we wonder as to why the minister Makuei is calling for the people in the camps to return to Jonglei State. We fled from Jonglei due to the conflict and we cannot go back when there is still conflict continuing.’’ The chief said.

On Christmas Day in Bor last week, the National Minister of Information, Michael Makuei Lueth, urged the I-D-Ps who sought refuge in UN camps to return to their homes.

He also urged South Sudanese refugees who have fled the country to return to Jonglei State.