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Somali President Mohammed Abdullahi Mohammed said on Monday he had suspended the powers of the prime minister amid a corruption probe in what the assistant information minister said amounted to an "indirect coup".
Mohammed accused Roble of looting public land owned by the Somali National Army and of interfering with a defence ministry investigation, Rooters reports. All other ministers would continue with their duties, he said.
Roble was not immediately available for comment.
"I can say no more!"
But the government spokesperson, Mohammed Ibrahim Moalimuu, said on Facebook the president's action was unconstitutional.
He said the prime minister would continue with his duties.
Mohammed and Prime Minister Mohammed Hussein Roble on Sunday each accused the other of holding up ongoing parliamentary elections in a dispute analysts say may distract the government from its fight against the al Qaeda-linked insurgency al-Shabaab
...... al-Qaeda's tentacle in East Africa...Mohammed also said he had removed the commander of marine forces, General Abdihamid Mohammed Dirir, from office while a similar investigation was being carried out.