BELED-HAWO, Somalia – Jubalan’s state Security Minister Abdirashid Janan has surrendered to the government following secret talks with NISA leader Fahad Yasin.
His surrender took place in the border town of Beled-Hawo in the presence of two Somali government ministers and Fahad Yassin.
Janan dropped out of a large number of regional troops shortly after he was fired as Jubaland security minister due to his contact with Mogadishu.
Amnesty International has called on the government to bring Janan to justice for human rights abuses in Gedo six years ago.
The minister fled a prison in Mogadishu early last year after being held for five months by Somali authorities.
The move comes as Ahmed Madobe, the president of Jubaland, is currently in Mogadishu next week to attend a conference hosted by the international community to end the electoral conflict.
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