The factional fighting soon spread to the army headquarters at Bilpam leading to fears that the military could splinter along ethnic lines and result in widespread communal violence as happened following the 1991 split in the SPLA which was led by Riek and Lam Akol Ajawin...
With the purge of the party's high command now clearly unsuccessful Salva's offer of amnesty to dissidents such as Jonglei rebel leader David Yau Yau and Lam Akol who returned to Juba in late October looks like a bid to shore up dwindling support...