Loyalists and supporters of a former governorship aspirant in Plateau State, Brigadier Basic John Sura (Rtd), have publicly dissociated themselves from him following his latest defection from the Peoples Democratic Celebration, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC.
The erstwhile loyalists of Basic Sura who got here collectively underneath the umbrella of the Liberation Motion, in an announcement issued on Tuesday by its coordinator, Nathaniel Dauda Kyaks, stated they took the choice to disown their former principal following his defection from the PDP, insisting his defection was for his private ambition fairly than the collective progress of his loyalists who had stood by him via the years
Within the assertion made out there to DAILY POST, Kyaks described Sura’s exit from the PDP as not solely stunning however an act of betrayal in opposition to Gov. Caleb Mutfwang and the PDP, and was carried out with out session, dialogue, or courtesy to those that as soon as stood by him.
“We had been fully unaware of his choice to alter allegiance. We solely woke as much as see his resignation letter posted on Fb,” Kyaks stated within the assertion.
“We, the previous supporters of the Liberation Motion, stay resolute and completely dedicated to our amiable political occasion, the PDP, and to the people-focused management of His Excellency, Governor Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang.”
He famous that Sura’s motion was in opposition to each norm of brotherhood, as he’s from the identical native authorities as Mutfwang, who graciously made him the Director Basic of his marketing campaign staff in the course of the 2023 gubernatorial election.
The Liberation Motion recalled that after Gen. Sura contested and misplaced the PDP governorship major election in 2022 to Mutfwang, the then PDP candidate prolonged a hand of friendship and reconciliation to him after taking workplace.
“Upon assumption of workplace, Gov. Mutfwang prolonged a hand of friendship and provided Sura a strategic function as Secretary of the State Committee on Rehabilitation and Resettlement of Internally Displaced Individuals (IDPs), a gesture meant to foster unity.
“The governor, in his knowledge, even requested Brig Gen Sura to ahead names of a few of his loyalists for inclusion in authorities. Nonetheless, he by no means submitted any names till his resignation. That exhibits clearly that his choice was private, not collective.”
The previous supporters additionally accused Gen. Sura of abandoning them instantly after the PDP primaries and ceased communication for practically two years earlier than reappearing to announce his defection.
“We respect Brig. Gen. Sura’s proper to his choice, however his journey to the APC is his alone. We, his former supporters, stay firmly with Governor Mutfwang and the PDP,” the assertion concluded.
