Lawyer Ahmednassir Abdullahi has launched a scathing attack against Wajir Governor Mohamed Abdi following the arrest of RTN Somali TV reporter Siyad Ismail.
According to the lawyer, the reporter was arrested for exposing the sad state of Wajir County General Hospital. He claims some county officials confiscated his camera, laptop and phone.
It is also alleged that they took his fingerprints under unclear circumstances.
In a tweet, the controversial lawyer said that the arrest of the journalist was unacceptable. He faulted the county boss of mistreating the press.
Ahmednassir, who has been vocal on matters of national interest, said that the journalist was simply doing his work before he was arrested. He urged the county government to offer journalists with freedom while in their line of duty.
“This is both sad and totally unacceptable. Wajir Governor and his thieving cronies should immediately release the journalist who was merely doing his job of reporting the rot and looting going on in Wajir,” the lawyer tweeted.
Ahmednassir fell apart with the county boss following the ruling of the Supreme Court that saw the incumbent emerge victoriously.
Grand Mullah, as he is popularly known, accused the four-judge bench that ruled in the Wajir gubernatorial race of taking bribes to rule in the favour of the governor.
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