Senior official from Darfur reacts to reported arrest of notorious RSF leader
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Media outlets associated with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) claimed on Friday the paramilutary group had arrested Abolulu, a notorious commander, caught on viral video killing unarmed men.
The reports claimed Abolulu killed over 2,000 men but had wanted to delete this achievement and begin from scratch in El Fasher
But those close to the armies of the former Darfur freedom fighters said they did not buy that story at all.
Mini Arko Minawi, the governor of Darfur regions, head of the Sudan Liberation Army and himself from north Darfur, has downplayed this arrest saying: “This is cheap play by Hemedti, Abdulrahim, and Alqouni about the arrest of the so-called Abolulu.”
He stressed in a tweet on his X account that the fact is that “those who led this campaign against El Fasher were Abdulrahim Dagalo himself, and behind him were his two brothers and the country that provides the assistance”.
He said the world should hunt those criminals higher above, adding that “Abolulu and his accomplices are easy to arrest and put before court to face the due process of the law”.
The media in Sudan, whatApp groups, and X platform accounts and some independent news outlets claimed that the paramilitary RSF on Thursday arrested several of its members, including a field commander, Al-Fatih Abdullah Idris, nicknamed “Abolulu”, after he appeared in videos carrying out widespread field executions of civilians in El Fasher following the capture of the city last Sunday.
The Sudan Tribune said graphic scenes and extensive violations by the RSF against civilians in the North Darfur capital have drawn widespread international condemnation, with growing calls to halt the atrocities and hold the perpetrators accountable.
It reported that RSF-affiliated platforms broadcast a video showing “Abolulu” being transported to Shala prison in El Fasher in handcuffs and placed in a cell.
“In implementation of the leadership’s directives and in commitment to the law… our forces have arrested a number of those accused of the abuses in El Fasher, led by the so-called Abolulu.”
He said specialised legal committees had begun investigating the accused persons to bring them to justice.
A day after the videos went viral, the second commander of the paramilitary forces issued a regulation ordering his troops to adhere to war conduct stipulation which are in line with general and other human rights conventions.
The law issued on 30 October 2025 by Deputy Commander of the RSF, Abdul Rahim Dagalo, directed "all RSF personnel to adhere strictly to the law, rules of conduct, and military discipline during wartime, while emphasising the protection of civilians, the facilitation of humanitarian assistance, and the prevention of any violations of human dignity or breaches of international conventions foremost among them, the Geneva Conventions”.
But just a few days before the RSF took over El Fashir, another view of himself was widely circulated with troops shouting “allahu akbar, allahu akbar” where Abdul Rahim told his troops that “we do not want anything to do with prisoners of war”.
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