The attorney general of the Somali government, Suleiman Mohamud Mohamed, has announced the list of officials of the Somali government, who are believed to have committed crimes of corruption.
The public prosecutor said that the list he disclosed includes those who have been arrested on corruption charges and those who are outside the country and he said they have escaped justice.
The prosecutor asked the court to postpone the trial and hearing of the charges against all the accused. The prosecutor also said that he is investigating other cases related to corruption and public theft.
He said that he was charged with crimes such as misappropriation of property, forgery of documents, embezzlement and theft of public property, abuse of public office, negligence and failure to fulfill his duties.
9 of the accused are in prison, while 9 others are out of the country.
The names of the arrested accused.
The Director General of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs of the Government of Somalia.
1: Abdullahi Mohamed Ali – term of office 6 August 2020
Director General of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs
2: Mohamed Adde Muqtar Abdirahman during his tenure from June 2015 to July 2019.
The director of the foreign affairs department of the federal government’s immigration and citizenship agency.
3: Abdullahi Mohamed Cosoble
Deputy Director of the Foreigners Department of the Federal Government’s Immigration and Nationality Agency.
4: Omar Macalin Ali (Umar Katin)
The head of the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the federal government.
5: Sabir Hassan Abdi Nur
Administration of the Visa Extension Department of the Immigration and Nationality Agency of the federal government.
6: Adan Mohamed Abdi
Director of Land Taxes at Aden Adde Airport in the Ministry of Finance.
7: Abubakar Mohamed Ali
The treasurer of the foreign revenue department of the central bank of the federal government of Somalia
8: Abdiqadir Abdi Sodal Abtidoon
The manager of the Central Bank of Mogadishu airport branch in Aden Adde
9: Mohamed Adan Abdullahi.
Missing accused.
The head of the Foreigners’ Licensing Division of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs
1: Abdirahman Abdi Karim Ibarhim
The cashier of the foreign income section of the Aden Adde branch of the central bank of Somalia.
2: Abdullahi Dahir companion.
Employees of the Department of Foreign Licensing of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs.
3: Abdiwahid Muhsin Ibrahim
The Director of Foreign Taxes in the Ministry of Finance of the Government of Somalia.
4: Director Muhidin Hassan Sabay
Head of the Indirect Taxes Department of the Ministry of Finance of Somalia.
5: Mohamed Idris Ahmed
The former director of the immigration and citizenship agency of the federal government of Somalia.
6: Mohamed Adan Jimale (Cap).
The director general of the immigration agency
7: Abdulqadir Ilmi Ali
Former director of the federal government’s immigration and citizenship department.
8: Abdirahman Mohamed Ali Adale
The former head of visa extension verification in the federal immigration and citizenship agency’s agency department.
9: Abubakar Hassan Adan
