The rebel governor of the self-declared Phou State Major General Gabriel Duop Lam on Friday told Radio Tamazuj that government forces from Ayod town yesterday moved out from their positions and carried out attacks against rebel-controlled Tem area, 12 km north of Ayod town.
Duop said that the SPLA-IO managed to intercept the government forces and repulse the attack and push them back to their positions inside Ayod town. He stated that SPLA-IO inflicted heavy losses on SPLA-Juba, the government forces.
He added that the government forces are now encircled in Ayod town with no route for reinforcements or supplies from either Bor side or Malakal.
Phou State Governor Gabriel Duop Lam was speaking to Radio Tamazuj in Akobo town where he stopped en route back to his state after attending the Pagak Leadership Conference last month.