Jubbaland vice president meets Garbaharey elders to defuse tension

The vice president Interim Jubba Administration, Abdullahi Sheikh Osman (Fartaag) is meeting with the traditional elders of Garbaharay town to ease the tension in the town.

Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail and his delegation arrived in Garbaaharey town on Friday afternoon.

Accompanied by several Jubbaland MPs from Gedo region, Fartaag arrived in the town yesterday at a time when local elders brokered a deal that saw local administrators allow entry in to the town Former Gedo regional commissioner Mohamed Abdi Kaliil.

Tension in the town has risen days after the newly appointed Gedo Governor Noor Mohamed Buraale barred the former Governor Mohamed Abdi Kaliil from setting foot into the town which led to a standoff that culminated in the latter camping outside the town with forces allied to him.

Local elders convinced current town administrator Nur Mohamed Buraale to allow his former colleague entry into the town.

Efforts to find a lasting solution is currently underway in the town as elders and the vice president try to convince the two sides to bury the hatchet.