However, due to a 1958 military coup led by General Ibrahim Abboud, the parliament was disbanded, and Adwok resumed his teaching career.

Following the collapse of the Abboud regime in the October 1964 Revolution, Adwok, who was in prison in Juba, was chosen to represent the Southern Front (SF) on the ruling Second Sudanese Sovereignty Council.

[5] The council was dissolved after the 1965 Sudanese parliamentary election, and Adwok went on to hold a number of political positions, including the Southern Front's Secretary for Planning and Organization from 1966 to 1967.

[1] Later, Adwok worked at the Sudan Research Unit in Khartoum (1967, 1969-1971), served on the Sudanese Socialist Union's Preparatory Committee (1971), and held regional ministerial positions in Juba, including Minister of Works, Commissioner of Upper Nile,[6] and Minister of Education.

Riek Machar, the Vice President-designate, represented Southern Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit and the government at the burial ceremony in the state capital, Malakal.