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| Baidoa court officials arrested for corruption |
| 2013-09-23 |
| BAIDOA, Somalia -- The security forces arrested the Chairman and the prosecutor of Baidoa court for releasing a criminal charged with murder from the prison on Sunday, Garowe Online reports. The two officials whose names were identified as Sheikh Mohamed Gab, the chairman and Amed Yare who is the prosecutor of Baidoa court were alleged that they received bribes from the family of the killer. Sources further disclosed that the victim family lodged a complaint to the regional officials who ordered their arrest. The Somali Federal Government officials in Bay regional capital of Baidoa havenÂ’t commented on the arrest of the officials. Somalia Federal Government Parliament Speaker, Mohamed Sheikh Osman Jawari who had been on visit to Baidoa voiced support for the establishment of a new state consisting of six regions in southern Somalia last Saturday. Baidoa, located in southern Somalia gears up for what Bay and Bakool politicians described a convention aimed to form new autonomous state. |
| Posted by:Steve White |