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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in Plateau State, Brig. Gen. John Sura (Rtd), has resigned from the party.<\/p>\n

Gen. Sura, who was one of the aspirants for the governorship position in the 2023 primary election that produced incumbent Governor Caleb Mutfwang as flag bearer, announced his resignation from the PDP in a statement he posted on his Facebook page addressed to his supporters.<\/p>\n

In the message, Gen. Sura promised to convene a meeting where he will address members of his support team, known as \u2018Sura Club and the Liberation Family,\u2019 on the reasons for his resignation from the party, which he says is a moral duty for him to inform them personally.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has become imperative that I address you directly as my compatriots because you have been there with me since the early days when I joined politics and ran for the 2023 gubernatorial elections till today,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou might have heard the news of my resignation from the PDP. I owe you a moral duty to address you directly although I have discussed this issue with some of you personally, I thought you were the first to know formally.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will arrange and fix a date to invite you as a Political Family to discuss further on the Reasons that necessitated my resignation and a collective resolution be taken,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

Gen. Sura\u2019s resignation from the PDP has further depleted the party following a wave of defections that have hit the party which include the recent defection of Chief Letep Dabang who was the Director General of the Mutfwang\/Piyo Campaign Organization in the 2023 elections, who left the party to join the All Progressives Congress (APC), last month.<\/p>\n

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