Somalia: Farmajo interferes in Gedo election as Roble seeks solution
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MOGADISHU, Somalia – Although he has given Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble full responsibility for coordinating the country’s elections, outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo appears interested in monitoring elections in Gedo, a region of Jubaland where he wants full control. .
Jubaland has traditionally opposed Farmajo’s policies, sometimes accusing him of a plot to undermine the region’s leadership under the leadership of President Ahmed Islam Mohamed Madobe, whom Farmajo is keen to remove from his seat.
With Roble now in the area to seek consensus among the locals, Farmajo reportedly took swift action that would be his latest strategy to destabilize Jubaland to his advantage. Madobe is serving his second term.
Former MK Abdullahi Magan told media in Mogadishu that on Friday the National Intelligence Security Agency [NISA] detectives prevented him from reaching Garbaharey, the temporary capital of Somalia’s volatile Gedo region.
According to Bood, the NISA agents were coordinated by Deputy Director Abdullahi Kulane, who works closely with Fahad Yasin, a trusted lieutenant of Farmajo and the current head of NISA. Yasin is constantly accused of using NISA to antagonize critics.
In addition, the former lawmaker claimed, the stranded state agents were prevented from meeting with Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble, who arrived in Gedo on Saturday to discuss issues in the elections due to start on July 25.
In his harsh message to the press, the former MP accused Fahad Yasin of fueling political instability in the Gedo region, adding that the time has come to have him “shut down for good”. Moreover, he noted, Yasin is a “threat” to the highly anticipated elections.
On several occasions, said Bood, the leaders of Jubaland tried to make an appointment with Farmajo about the Gedo crisis but “they often rejected our request”. The team also wanted to discuss the regular KDF bombings that target innocent civilians.
“The government of Kenya has killed your people,” Bood said of KDF activities in Jubaland. The KDF has pursued al-Shabaab militants in Jubaland for nearly a decade, but the troops have often been accused of “violating” human rights.
Prior to Roble’s trip to Jubaland, authorities in Mogadishu sent three planes to Garbaharey in Gedo, carrying former friends of the government. They are said to be part of Farmajo’s larger program to gain support in Jubaland.
Contrary to this, on Thursday some anti-Farmajo candidates vying for the Garbaharey DC seat were denied permission at Adan Adde International Airport by NISA agents who are said to be under Abdullahi’s authority. Kulani, deputy director of NISA.
Moments after Roble’s arrival, Jubaland police said they had avoided a group attempting to smuggle weapons into Kismayo by plane, led by Abdi Ali Rage, Farmajo’s electoral adviser. The adviser was turned away by the authorities.
Rage allegedly used a false name to enter the town, but police obtained the information and sent him back to Mogadishu, Somalia. He is a close confidant of Farmajo and is from the state of Jubaland.
“The plane I was traveling in returned to Mogadishu when the pilot noticed he couldn’t land at Kismayo airport because of me,” Rage said, moments after returning to Mogadishu, but said refused to explain his mission to Jubaland.
Roble, who has been hailed by the opposition for his “impartiality,” was received by an enthusiastic crowd in Garbaharey despite his failure to resolve most of the questions surrounding the elections in the Jubaland with the authorities in Jubaland. country.
After holding a brief meeting with the locals, he visited the Somali National Army [SNA] where he received updates on the fight against Al-Shabaab in the Gedo region near the Kenyan border. He thanked the Jubaland administration for hosting him in Kismayo and said he would travel to other areas where elections will be held in Somalia.
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