Puntland isn't paying for the soldiers who left the secessionist plot.Around 200$ was taken from most diaspora to soften the transition from Somaliland. Somaliland doesn't have alot of reputation in Eastern sanaag as we haven't had an internal skirmish for 100 years or so , therefore they couldn't divide any of the people against each other.
They had the balls to order a *** to kill another *** and attack badhan. That quickly led to a refusal which led to looting of their bases(which were really just make shift buildings). Most of Eastern sanaag is economically tied to puntland and thus often support puntland. The situation is completely different to sool where there are internal battles between the clans and strong maternal ties to hargeisa etc.
Furthermore somaliland broke a pact signed in 2007ish which agreed that no none *** soldiers were allowed in eastern sanaag. Deni is implementing a new system to unify sanaag and bari economically.Alot of us live in Bari, especially bosaso so that has lead to a shift in ties.