Colonel Abbas Ibrahim, a former Somali officer who was one of Jubba Valley Allaince has surrendered to the Islamic administration of al-Shabab in Balad Hawo town in Gedo region, officials told Shabelle radio on Tuesday.
Government and Islamist administration officials in Gedo region confirmed the surrender of Colonel Abbas Ibrahim to the Islamic administration of al-Shabab in the region.
Colonel Abbas has been one of the high officers of Barre Aden Shire (Hirale), the former chairman of Jubba Valley Allaince and Somali MP who was chased forcibly from the port town of Kismayu 500 kilometers south of the Somali capital Mogadishu after heavy fighting between the Alliance and Islamist forces in the region.
Colonel Abbas and more other officials of the Alliance and government had been in Dolow town in Gedo region recently and it is unclear the reason of his surrender to the Islamic administration of al-Shabab in the region.
Osman Mohamed Abdi, a deputy chairman of al-Shabab organization in Balad Hawo town told Shabelle radio that the surrender of colonel Abbas is part of efforts that the Islamic administration of al-Shabab forgave government officers and other officials those had a close relation with Ethiopia.
Mr. Osman said that their administration is ready to welcome the Somali MPs and the officials that the government appointed for Gedo region earlier if they surrender to the administration with the deadline and follow the order of the Islamic administration in the region.
Anyhow, the step of colonel Abbas for surrendering himself to the Islamic administration in Gedo region is a great message to more MPs and other officials in Gedo region who are against the Islamists in the region and it is not the first time that colonel Abbas surrenders to Al-shabab Islamic administration who controls much of southern Somalia.
Source: AllAfrica.com
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