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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Sudan<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>A top commander belonging to South Sudan main armed opposition Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO) led by First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny has declared his intention to join the South Sudan People\u2019s Defense Forces led by President Salva Kiir Mayardit.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Brigadier-General Solomon Peter Angelo who was the head of the main armed opposition group\u2019s Anyanya division at Achawa cantonment site in Eastern Equatoria state said he has concluded that the SPLA-IO has lost vision and no longer relevant.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving observed with grave concerns political and military fragmentation within SPLA\/M (IO) for a long time, it has now come to our genuine conclusion that SPLM\/A-IO is no longer relevant with political realities for which it was formed. The SPLM\/A-IO has lost direction and command of the forces,\u201d he said in a statement published by Radio Tamazuj.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s therefore, against this backdrop, in the interest of implementation of Sept 12 \/ 2018 agreement and in the Spirit of ensuring stability and our love for our country of South Sudan that we are hereby declaring our defection from the SPLM\/A-IO with effect from September 07, 2021,\u201d the senior opposition commander added.<\/p>\n

The top opposition commander alleged that there are a lot of reasons triggering defections within the main armed opposition group one of which, he said, is the lack of care for the opposition soldiers by the SPLA-IO leadership in Juba.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are many reasons that make people defect from the opposition to the government. The opposition is not capable and failed to take care of its soldiers. All the soldiers have scattered and even in barracks, soldiers are suffering and the children of soldiers are suffering in their houses. I have decided to defect because I have seen there is a failure in SPLA-IO. That is why I see I should go back home to work together with my brothers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Sudan. A top commander belonging to South Sudan main armed opposition Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO) led by First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny has declared his intention to join the South Sudan People\u2019s Defense Forces led by President Salva Kiir Mayardit. 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