Hargeysa — Somaliland President Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo sacked three top officials after they were charged for corruption, Radio Garowe reports.
According to local sources the three men were apprehended by the Somaliland anti corruption and good governance department after they conducted raids in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Among the officials caught in the raid was Haji Abdullahi Governor of Marodi Jeeh a region in Somaliland, director general in the Ministry of Resettlement and Rehabilitation Ahmed Elmi Barre and Osman Saeed Jama personal advisor to the vice president. The three men were charged with misappropriation of food aid.
The aid was allegedly taken by the officials and moved to another warehouse were investigators traced it to.
Investigations are still ongoing as Abdullahi Mohamed Dahir spokesman for the Somaliland government mentioned in his press release which was released shortly after the arrests.
Just hours away in the town of Gabilay more officials were being charged and held. Eleven MPs who were voting for a new mayor for Gabilay were surrounded by police and held. "We are 11 MPs who are being held here they surrounded us as we were about to vote for a mayor," said MP Mohamed Mahamoud Nuur who spoke to Radio Garowe.
It is unclear why the MPs were arrested the Somaliland government has yet to comment on those arrests.
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