Somaliland: Police hunt pop singer on the run

[Deeq A.]

BORAMA— Police in Borama have launched a man hunt operation in order to detain a pop singer known as Niman Hilaac. The pop singer has arrived in Somaliland by crossing the border between Djibouti and Somaliland.

He traveled to Mogadishu and has clearly violated a bar which is in place deterring all Somaliland nationals not to go to Somalia. The singer was previously detained at Egal airport on his return from Mogadishu but after spending days in captivity was released without trail. The singer, Niman Abdirahman is on the run and is hiding from law enforcement agencies in Awdal province. Reports coming from Borama confirm that while police put the father of the singer behind bars. There are reports indicating that rowdy residents in Borama have staged a protest against police which are looking for the fugitive pop singer who is hiding in the city. Two policemen have been injured in the clashes while one civilian is reported to have sustained minor injuries. The whereabouts of the pop singer is not known as far as he is concerned.