South Sudan: Over 1,000 South Sudan People Patriotic Front (SSPPF) rebels defect to Gabriel Changson Chang’s South Sudan Army Forces (SSAF)
At least 1100 soldiers who reportedly defected from South Sudan People Patriotic Front (SSPPF), a rebel groups based in South Sudan’s Western Equatoria state, have allegedly joined Gabriel Changson Chang’s South Sudan Army Forces/ Federal Democratic Party (SSAF/FDP).
Brigadier Gen. Dahab Dobuol Gew told Sudan Tribune from an undisclosed location in South Sudan that they have switched sides from Charles Kasanga after accusing him for signing an agreement with the government.
“We are no longer anymore with SSPPF, but we have decided to join the South Sudan Army Forces under commander-in-chief of Changson Lew,” he said.
Dobuol said the common cause of taking up arms against the government was the betrayal by Kasanga, who they believed accepted an offer after series of negotiations with the South Sudanese government.