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| Fugitive former chief arrested in Mogadishu |
| 2013-10-31 |
| MOGADISHU -- Federal Government of Somalia’s security forces have arrested fugitive former Custodial Corps Chief in Mogadishu on Wednesday according to government officials, Garowe Online reports. Abdi Mohamed Ismael- who served as the Somali Federal Government Chief of custodial corps was previously sentenced to life in prison by the national military court after he was charged with releasing Al Shabaab fighters from Mogadishu central prison last year. Speaking to the media in Mogadishu, head of the Somali Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Saed Ahmed Kadiye said that security agencies have been tracking Ismael and finally it was succeeded to capture him as a fugitive from Mogadishu’s Madina district. “Abdi got life sentence after he began to closely work with Al Shabaab and he escaped from the country,” Kadiye said. Ismael fled to Borame town in Somalia’s separatist region of Somaliland and Somalia Federal Government revoked his General status as he was branded as a traitor, sources said. Despite overhauls, Al Qaeda linked Al Shabaab group is said to have secret agents in Somali security agencies. |
| Posted by:Steve White |