Hiiraan Online
Monday, July 21, 2014
Banadir regional administration has denied recent media reports that senior Al Shabab official met with elders in Suqa Xoolaha neighbourhood over the weekend.
The newly-appointed spokesman for Banadir regional administration Mr. Ali Mahmoud Farah (Ali Seeko) said that the reports published by some Somali websites and broadcasted by local stations were baseless propaganda and were intended to jeopardise the city’s security.
“It was a rumour that fugitive Ali Mohamed Hussein came to Mogadishu and addressed at a Ramadan Quiz—Al Shabab were driven out of the capital nearly three years ago and they do not have the confidence to come out publically” he said.
“We have confirmed that the voice of an Al shabab man aired by local radio stations was recorded through telephone conversation from far distance—I would like to urge the stations to broadcast accurate news stories” the regional government spokesman added.
The government’s denial comes several days after local media broadcasted that a senior Al Shabab official Ali Mohamed Hussein attended at a Quran recitation competition held in Suqa xoolaha neighbourhood in the northern part of the capital Mogadishu.
HOL English News Desk