Africa-Press – South-Sudan. A local court in South Sudan’s capital Juba has ordered former deputy minister of interior and member of the country’s Reconstituted Transitional National Legislative Assembly (R-TNLA) General Salva Mathok Gengdit to vacate Rock City Hotel and Jebel Lodge that belongs to businessman Solomon Chaplain Lui.
On the 11th of August 2016, Solomon Chaplain Lui, the landlord and proprietor of Rock City Hotel and Jebel Lodge Hotel issued a “power of attorney” to the defendant, Salva Mathok Gengdit, to act as a caretaker and collect rental arrears on his behalf.
After Mathok took over the possession of the property, he immediately cut the communication and started amassing wealth and the entire business for himself.
The court, however, declared a permanent injunction of all the activities of the Salva Mathok on the plot and property of Solomon Chaplain Lui. The court also ordered Mathok to pay the court and advocate fee according to the agreement
“The court hereby orders eviction for the defendant from plot No.2 Block AA, 1st Class, the approximate area of 497,000 SQM. Rock City in and Jebel Lodge Hotel with all properties and building,” presiding judge Mojaned Abdella Akol read out the verdict on Wednesday.
The court also dismissed Mathok’s counter-claim for monetary compensation in a court case he filed against Solomon on 14th May 2021. Sebit Alex, Solomon’s lawyer welcomed the court ruling.
“We thank the court for this ruling. The ruling of the court was so justifiable and relieving,” Alex told journalists after the court verdict on Wednesday. Arop Malueth, Mathok’s defense lawyer described the judgment as unfair, adding that he will appeal against the ruling next week.
“We are going to appeal and we are 100 percent sure we will overturn this ruling. The court denied our documents and by next week we will be able to submit our appeal because according to the law we have 15-days to appeal,” Malueth said. He claimed that the court has failed to acknowledge the agreement his client had with businessman Solomon.
“The court made a great mistake in the case by failing to realize and acknowledge the agreement between the two parties and failing to understand that there is no way someone came just come and sit in millions of dollars or properties of someone else without any agreement,” he said.
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