MOGADISHU, Somalia – Banadir Regional Court docket issued an arrest warrant for an official with the Ministry of Finance of Somalia, who is known as Abdulkadir Mohamud Ibrahim.
Ibrahim, who’s at present on the run, was accused of corruption, misappropriation of public funds, and forging false paperwork whereas in command of the tax in Warta Nabadda district.
The courtroom gave the official 30 days ranging from 11 November 2023 to 10 December 2023 to look earlier than the courtroom in Mogadishu to face the fees introduced in opposition to him.
The courtroom stated that if he doesn’t adjust to the courtroom order, authorized motion will probably be taken.
This comes amid an ongoing anti-corruption marketing campaign by the present authorities led by President Hassan Sheikh, which arrested and prosecuted a number of officers for corruption.
Days in the past, the courtroom started listening to officers convicted of corruption, who appealed in opposition to the earlier ruling.
There are a number of officers, together with Muhiyedin Sabay, the previous director of the Jap Tax Division, Abdulkadir Elmi Ali, the previous director of the Immigration, and his predecessor Mohamed Aden Jimale Koofi, who fled from Somalia after an arrest warrant.