Puntland fete earns elder Buurmadow 5 year jail term in Somaliland

A court in Somaliland has sentenced prominent elder Boqor Buurmadow to five years in jail about a week after he attended the inauguration ceremony of another elder in Puntland.

The details of the case are not yet clear but Goobjoog News correspondent in Hargeisa says the court handed the elder five year jail time in a ruling delivered Thursday.

The verdict comes days after the elder was released following arrest last week upon return from Puntland. A senator, Sultan Ismael Sultan Abdirahman was suspended Tuesday for attending the same ceremony.

More to follow.