Lt. Gen. Gabriel Duop Lam, acting chief of staff of SPLA-IO and fourth accused in ongoing Nasir incident trial, rejected the prosecution’s assertion that SPLA-IO forces were responsible for the assault, insisting that the opposition movement neither planned nor executed the attack. “That I failed to inform SSPDF command about the attack by the armed youth and SPLA-IO. Let me make it clear again that the SPLA-IO did not participate in the attack on Wec-yar-Adiu garrison in Nasir,” Lam said. “​On the issue of informing SSPDF command about an attack on SSPDF garrison in Wec-yar-Adiu, in fact, who are those SSPDF command?” Regarding allegations that he was involved in procuring arms on 10 December 2024, Gen. Duop acknowledged that Lt. Col. Marko had attempted to sell him 500 rounds of PKM machine gun ammunition for personal use.