MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – The chief of Somalia’s Jubaland state Ahmed Madobe is quickly amassing troops for a decisive offensive in opposition to the 1000’s of federal authorities troopers airlifted to the city of Raskamboni in Decrease Juba, as escalating tensions push either side to the precipice of an all-out battle, Caasimada On-line information web site reported on Monday.
The regional chief additionally positioned underneath home arrest a number of senior commanders of regional forces, together with the commander of Birjeh items suspecting them of getting hyperlinks with Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre and of makes an attempt to facilitate mass defections of regional forces to the federal authorities.
The regional chief has positioned a number of senior commanders of regional forces, together with the commander of the Birjeh items, underneath home arrest, accusing them of suspected ties to the Somali Prime Minister and alleged efforts to orchestrate mass defections of regional troops to the federal authorities.
Madobe has additionally deployed 1000’s of troops from the cities of Jana Abdalle, Kismayo, and Bulo Haji to the strategic city of Kudha, the place he intends to consolidate forces forward of an impending offensive in opposition to Somali authorities troops in Raskamboni, who’re themselves getting ready for a possible army conflict.
Final week, the Somali authorities dispatched greater than a dozen plane carrying troops and weaponry to Raskamboni in a bid to accentuate efforts to oust Ahmed Madobe, who was re-elected for a 3rd time period final month in a disputed oblique election that the federal authorities has condemned as each unfair and unconstitutional.
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