{"id":45919,"date":"2026-07-07T15:20:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T13:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/?p=45919"},"modified":"2026-07-07T17:43:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T15:43:59","slug":"former-lakes-state-splm-io-deputy-governor-moved-to-rumbek-detention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/07\/former-lakes-state-splm-io-deputy-governor-moved-to-rumbek-detention\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Lakes State SPLM-IO deputy governor moved to Rumbek detention"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Yang Ater Yang<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Former Lakes State Deputy Governor Isaiah Akol Mathiang and the state’s Minister of Animal Resources and Fisheries, Gai Magok, have been transferred to a military detention facility in Rumbek town.<\/p>\n

The two SPLM-IO officials were first moved from Yirol East to the Mabor-Duong military barracks in Rumbek East County before being transferred to the Rock City military detention facility in Rumbek, the state capital.<\/p>\n

Their arrest came a day after Akol publicly criticised airstrikes carried out by the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) and the Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF) in Upper Nile State.<\/p>\n

Rumbek East County Commissioner Zechariah Malual Anyuon said he learned about the transfer through unofficial channels, adding that county authorities were not informed by the state leadership.<\/p>\n

“I was not informed by the leadership that political detainees were being brought to Mabor-duong military barracks,” Anyuon said.<\/p>\n

“I later heard that the former deputy governor had been transferred from Yirol East to Rumbek East. Today, I also learned that the two SPLM-IO detainees had been moved to the Rock City military barracks in Rumbek Town, but my office received no official communication.”<\/p>\n

He confirmed that the two officials had initially been taken to Mabor-Duong military barracks before their transfer to Rumbek Town.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Lakes State Coordinator for the Community Empowerment for Progress Organisation (CEPO), Daniel Laat Kon Ater, called on the government to either charge the two officials in court or release them.<\/p>\n

“We have learned that Dr. Isaiah Akol Mathiang has been moved from Yirol East to Rumbek and is now being held at the Rock City military detention centre,” Daniel said.<\/p>\n

“If the government believes they committed an offence, they should be taken before a court of law. Their case is not different from those involving other SPLM-IO officials in Juba.”<\/p>\n

Daniel argued that keeping the two officials in detention without legal proceedings violates the law.<\/p>\n

“The prolonged detention is a violation of the law. The government should either prosecute them or release them because they have been detained for a long time without any legal action,” he said.<\/p>\n

Authorities had not publicly commented on the transfer or the reasons for the continued detention of the two officials by the time this story was published.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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