{"id":36528,"date":"2012-03-13T14:50:39","date_gmt":"2012-03-13T14:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierraexpressmedia.com\/?p=36528"},"modified":"2012-03-13T14:50:39","modified_gmt":"2012-03-13T14:50:39","slug":"john-benjamin-attacks-nyuma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/?p=36528","title":{"rendered":"John Benjamin attacks N\u2019yuma"},"content":{"rendered":"

The chairman and leader of the Sierra Leone Peoples Party, (SLPP) John Oponjo Benjamin (JOB) has told Sierra Express Media in an interview that the defection of Tom N\u2019yuma to the ruling APC does not come to senior members of the\u00a0 Sierra Leone People\u2019s Party as a surprise. \u00a0(Photo: John Oponjo Benjamin)<\/em><\/p>\n

Mr. Benjamin said they in the SLPP have started seeing the actual play of politics in the political arena. He went on to say Tom N\u2019yuma earned the popularity he is boasting of in Kailahun simply because he was with the SLPP.<\/p>\n

He said few months before Tom N\u2019yuma declared for the All People\u2019s Congress, some members of the SLPP cautioned on a prior statement he made of not wanting to vie any more for the District Chairman position. JOB said they had information which earlier links N\u2019yuma with the APC. He further said as a free party that cannot stop someone from belonging where he or she chooses, they never knew he had something up his sleeve like defection.<\/p>\n

John Benjamin said however that due to his clandestine moves, they in the party had already prepared their minds for his exit and had also written him off so his departure was not really a surprise.<\/p>\n

Chairman JOB also said that N’yuma’s final exit from the party actually gives them an opportunity to get a better replacement who shall seek the interest of the party instead of self.<\/p>\n

When asked if the defection of some individuals in the party does not depict defeat or weakness on their part, he said it signifies nothing of such as their party grows stronger than before every day. He concluded by saying that immediately after the defection of Tom N\u2019yuma he had received so many calls from councillors of Buedu expressing dissatisfaction\u00a0 over their district chairman\u2019s action. He said his people have vowed not to be part of his action as they await directives from the party executive on the way forward.<\/p>\n

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