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| Puntland President orders release of senior Al Shabaab official | ||
| 2015-09-05 | ||
GAROWE, Somalia -- The President of Somalia’s Puntland Government Dr. Abdiweli Mohamed Ali has ordered senior Al Shabaab official identified as Abdullahi Abdi Haji [Mursal Madobe] to be freed from prosecution, Garowe Online has learned.
Puntland security forces nabbed Mursal Madobe at security checkpoint on his way from terrorist hotbeds along Golis Mountain Ranges. Tip-offs exclusively seen by Garowe Online indicate that the freed Al Shabaab official was planning to leave for southern Somalia when Puntland forces captured him. It is yet unclear whether the wanted, Mursal Madobe was cleared or behind-the-scenes contacts prompted his release.
In December 2015, two convicted Al Shabaab members-Abdirizak Hussein Tahlil (Ilka Ase) and Mohamed Nuh Adan (Abu Hafsa)-were released from a prison in Puntland capital, Garowe. Information obtained by GO reveals that former Al Shabaab fighters-Mohamed Abshir Artan and Abdiqani Nur Qorane- also slipped through the justice. 8-member panel of UN investigators accused Ali of adopting ‘catch and release policy’ that largely contributed to upsurge in terror assaults in confidential report in late 2014. | ||
| Posted by:Steve White |