Africa-Press – South-Sudan. South Sudan opposition commander General Tito Biel Wich who initially defected to the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) before joining General Simon Gatwech Dual has said that he has decided to rejoin President Salva Kiir Mayardit again.
Last week, General Biel told Sudans Post that he was leaving Machar for President Salva Kiir Mayardit’s site. A few days later, he and his forces said they are joining General Simon Gatwech Dual, the leader of the breakaway SPLA-IO Kitgwang faction, for the implementation of the revitalized peace agreement.
But speaking to Sudans Post last evening, Gen. Biel said he had spoken to Gen. Gatwech and the later was ‘unclear’ on his objective and on how the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces was going to complete the integration of his forces into the country’s army.
“Spoke to him and it has been several days and he has explained to me what the terms of their agreement with the government are because I want to get a clear picture of how the Khartoum agreement with President Kiir was going to be implemented and when,” he said from Mayom.
“So, without wasting time, I have told him that I am sorry for having joined him in the first place without asking these important question and as such, I am declaring that I have fully joined the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces under President Salva Kiir Mayardit,” the former SPLA-IO officer added.
Biel is one of a number of senior SPLA-IO officers who decided to switch side from First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny to South Sudan People’s Defense Forces under President Salva Kiir Mayardit since the chaotic start of the year 2022 within the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement.
Last month, two senior commanders of the SPLA-IO in Jonglei state’s Ayod and Fangak counties accused Machar of not respecting them and of running the movement together with his wife, Angelina Teny, who is also the South Sudan defense minister.
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