HARGEISA, Feb 08, 2007 – A Somaliland citizen working as a senior official for the Hormuud Telecommunications in Mogadishu was kidnapped yesterday, Wednesday 07 Feb. 2007, according to Honorable Mohmoud Ahmed Barre (Garaad).

In a telephone call to Awdalnews Network, Garaad, member of Somaliland’s Upper House from Awdal region, has appealed to the elders of the Suleiman clan of the Hawiye to secure the release of Abdirashid Ali Aynashe, who hails from the Awdal region. Aynashe was the Public Relations Manager of the Hormuud Telecommunications, and a respected and well-known person in Mogadishu.

Garaad said that the kidnappers, who belong to the Suleiman clan, demanded the release of men sentenced to long terms last year by Hargeisa court for terrorism.

“I want to remind the Suleiman elders that the men convicted in Somaliland are from various Somali clans and include members from the Awdal region,” Garaad said.

Aynashe, a long term resident of Mogadishu, worked as Public Relations Manager for the defunct Barakat before he joined Hormuud. He is married to two women from Mogadishu, one of them from the Abgal clan.

Source: Awdalnews Network

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