Somalia: Galka’yo mayor resigns amid rampant Puntland insecurity

[Jacaylbaro]

He is the second Puntland official to leave their position in less than a month after a number of officials were assassinated.

As insecurity and planned assassinations against Puntland officials reaches record-high levels, Abdurrahman Hajji Mohamoud Hassan, the mayor of Galka’yo, resigned on Saturday.

 

In a brief statement, Hassan cited personal issues as his reason for quitting.

 

Immediately after the announcement, Hassan departed for Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa.

 

He is the second Puntland official to leave their position in less than a month after a number of officials were assassinated. On Jan. 29, the judge of the Mudug high court for Puntland, Abdifatah Mohammed Diriye, declared that he had stepped down for security reasons.

 

Insecurity and violence in parts of Puntland have been rampant in the last several months.

 

On Nov. 30, Abdullahi Salah Shirwa', Puntland's high court attorney, was killed in Bosaso. In mid-October, former information minister Abdulhakem Ahmed Guled was injured by a roadside bomb in Bosaso.

 

Puntland authorities suspect Al Shabaab, which has declared its allegiance to the al Qaeda terror network, of plotting numerous assassinations against Puntland officials.

 

Puntland is a semi-autonomous region of Somalia.

 

 

 

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[Jacaylbaro]

Galkao (Sunatimes) The commissioner of Galkayo district of Puntalnd administration has announced his resignation from the position this morning.

 

Commissioner Abdirahman Mohamud Hajji said he resigned due to high insecurity in Galkayo. Mohamud said he could not do anything to change the situation and the only alternative he had was to quit.

 

The former Galkayo commissioner told the media that he presented his resignation letter to President Abdirahman Farole and Puntland�s internal security minister.

 

Mohamud also cited personal reasons over his resignation but also blamed Puntland security officials for failing to investigate and take action against individuals involved in bombings and murder cases where top leaders of Puntalnd were targeted.

 

Abdirahman Mohamud Hajji was elected to the position of Galkayo commissioner by the district security committee in 2009.

[Jacaylbaro]

Duqii degmada Galkacyo ee Puntland oo isaga cararey magaalada

 

 

Galkacyo-hobyonet) wararka laga helayo magaalada Galkacyo qeybta puntland ay maamusho ayaa sheegaya in duqii magaalada Galkacyo C/raxmaan Maxamuud Xaaji uu isaga cararey magaalada isagoona ka duuley garoonka diyaaradaha ee magaaladaasi.

 

Duqii hore mudane C/raxmaan Maxamuud ayaa isagoo fuushan diyaaradii ka qaadi lahayd galkacyo saxaafadda qadka telefoonka ugu sheegay inuu isaga tegey hguud ahaan xilkii uu ka hayey maamulka degmada Galkacyo isagoo u sababeeyey markii dowladdau ay ka gaabisey arimaha Amaanka ee Magaalada iyo guud ahaan gobolka Mudug.

 

Dib uguma soo laaban doono halkan iyo maamulkeeduba sababtoo ah waxaanu dhex fadhiney Ceeb iyo fadeexad ayuu si caro leh warbaahinta qadka isgaarsiinta ugu sheegey C/raxmaan maxamuud xaaji xasan.

 

Arintani ayaa imaaneysa xili mudooyinkii ugu danbeeyey magaalada Galkacyo dhankeeda Puntland ay ka dhacayeen fafal amaan daro oo keentay in la qaarajiyo mas’uulkiyiin fara badan iyadoona sidoo kale ay ka dhadcey dhacdo xanuun badan oo ahayd markii askari uu rasaasku furey ardey mid ka mid ah iskuulada Galkacyo wax ka baraneysay.