Members of the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are seen near the
area where gunmen opened fire outside buildings used by Sudan's National
Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) in Khartoum on January 14,
2020. PHOTO | REUTERS
Sudan's spy chief Abu Bakr Mustafa has stepped down two days after a revolt in the capital Khartoum.
“The
director of intelligence has resigned. He called us by telephone and we
asked him to submit a written resignation, so we are now considering
it,” General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the head of Sudan's sovereign
council, told state television on Wednesday.
The
revolt on Tuesday, involving former spies linked to former president
Omar al-Bashir and armed forces over severance payout, left two people
dead and four others injured.
Gen Burhan added that a committee had been formed to investigate the people behind the confrontation.
Mustafa
was appointed the head of the powerful General Intelligence
Service, formerly National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS),
shortly after the resignation of Salah Gosh in April last year.
Normalcy
has been restored in the capital with residents demanding a relocation
of military bases operated by the intelligence agency in Khartoum.
Meanwhile, the Sudanese Professionals
Association, an umbrella of several trade unions, has said Tuesday's
riot was an attempt to drag the country into the circle of violence.
"We
call all people to raise the level of organisation and willingness to
confront all the scenarios that seek to back down from the people's dues
for which the blood of the martyrs and the precious sacrifices were
made," SPA said in a statement.
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