Somali Vice President locked in a Mandera hotel -KDF

Jubaland Soldiers in Madera with Vice President. PHOTO | AFP

Ethiopian forces blocked a Somali leader at their border and ran to Kenya for safety. Somalia Jubaland Vice-President Mohamud Sayyid Adan is locked up at a Mandera hotel for his safety after Ethiopian forces are said to have blocked him from visiting Bula Hawa, a border Somali town. 

Mr Adan and his escort were booked at the hotel five days ago by Kenyan security agencies in Mandera and their security immediately taken over by the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF).

“We have a VIP from Somalia who was prevented from visiting Bula Hawa by some military forces but you can get much information from Nairobi,” a security source in Mandera said.

KDF spokesperson, Major Paul Njuguna declined to comment on the matter saying it will sabotage further the security of the VP. He added that more information will be updated when the security is beefed up.