February 3, 2018, A notorious South Sudan Ambassador claims that  Seventy five Soldiers and Body Guards of Riek Machar Teny who went to D.R. Congo with him left this Morning February 2, 2018 at 9:30 AM from Goma, D.R. Congo for Juba, South Sudan and officially joined and paid their allegiance to His Excellency General Taban Deng Gai the First Vice President of the Republic of South Sudan and Chairman and Commander In Chief of the SPLM/SPLA (IO).

It is not clear yet as to why these officers are dectected, although this defection is accured almost monthly, there is no explanation as to why they are abandoned SPLM-IO