Addis Abeba — The Ministry of Defense commented on the refusal of 528 Tigrayan UN Peacekeepers in Abyei (UNISFA) to return home. The ministry said that the troops who reportedly sought political asylum in Sudan fell victims to propaganda by TPLF's servants abroad which alleged that returning to Ethiopia meant imprisonment'. "This has caused a state of confusion amongst these deployed members which in turn caused the desertion of 'some Tigrinya speakers from the Ethiopian National Defense Forces," the statement said. In drawing paternalistic similarity, the statement indicated that prior to the 'law enforcement operation', Tigrean speaking peacekeepers from Darfur 'refused to return and subsequently joined the Samri to fight and die in battle.' The ministry's presser released on April 27, 2022, accused Tigrayan forces of 'infiltrating' Tigrean speakers within the defense forces for its own aims of perpetrating an attack against the Northern command in November 2020.

Source: Ethiopian News April 29, 2022 07:05 UTC