Emmanuel BidaJanuary 14, 2026
The claim widely published on Facebook alleging that the military spokesperson of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement—In Opposition (SPLM-IO), Lam Paul Gabriel, has been arrested by the Ugandan Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) is false.
“…for engaging in hostile media propagandas aimed at the destabilization of national security of South Sudan. He is currently being held by Uganda’s military intelligence authorities,” the post reads in part.
The same claim has also been published by other Facebook pages here, here, and here.
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Debunking the Claim:
A Google reverse image search—a way of looking for the online history of an image online—returns no similar results for the photo allegedly showing Lam Paul’s arrest.
A keyword search for “SPLA-IO spokesperson Lam Paul Gabriel, who has been operating from exile in Uganda, has been arrested by the Ugandan Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence,” doesn’t return any credible news reports.
Lam Paul Gabriel said in a communication through his official Facebook page that “the trending fake news about his arrest should be disregarded because he was fine and that the image shared was a Photoshop of an online image shared online.”
A reverse image search on the photo shared by Lam Paul Gabriel returns results that date the photo back to between two and three years ago.
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Our Verdict:
The ClarityDesk finds the claim that the military spokesperson of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement—In Opposition (SPLM-IO), Lam Paul Gabriel, has been arrested by the Ugandan Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) to be false.
The image shared to support the claim is digitally altered to make it look real.
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