In recent days, there has been a crisis in the Somali regional government due to the sale of live animals to Jigjiga city, which are brought from the outskirts of Jigjiga city, the villages surrounding the city and other towns near Jigjiga city.
In the last two days, the Federal Police of Ethiopia has caused problems to the people of Somali region who trade in live animals such as sheep, bulls and other animals, by looting a large number of animals and causing other problems to the people who have the animals. . The animals that are being stolen are said by the troops to be illegal animals.
The latest incident happened two days ago at the livestock farm in Jigjiga city, where many animals were taken away by the Federal Police forces and the people with the animals, when they resisted to take their animals away, the soldiers responded with live fire which later caused many injuries. .
As for the government of the Somali region, she said that there is a problem in the trade of live animals that will be solved, but she urged the people to do their best to make their business legal and avoid what the government called Kotarabaan.
As for the people of the Somali region, they are always insisting that their livestock that they bring to Jigjiga town is not illegal or illegal, and they have asked the government to look into this matter and reach an official solution.
The problem of the Federal Forces attacking the live animals of the people is still going on, and the local people described this as a deliberate robbery of the local people who bring their animals to Jigjiga town for sale.
