[1] In August 1991 Riek Machar, Lam Akol and Gordon Kong announced that John Garang had been ejected from the SPLM.
Yohannes Yual accepted the Juba Declaration of 8 January 2006, joining the army along with other soldiers under the command of Paulino Matiep.
He is a Major General and has been deputy commander of the 4th Division in Duar, Upper Nile State.
[1] A group called the South Sudan United Democratic Alliance alleged that on 12 April 2006, Lou Nuer (Janai/Gatliek section) SPLA forces under Johannes Yoal Bath launched a revenge attack on Ulang and killed more than 30 people, including both civilians and soldiers.
The attack was said to be in retaliation for cattle raids in Nyayin, on the East Bank of the Sobat River, made by combined forces of the SPLA and Jikany Nuer under Commander George Athor Deng.