The reason was that Hassan Sheikh at the request of the Southwest State President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed 'Lafta Gareen' and the Speaker of Parliament Adan Mahamed Nur Madobe had agreed to train a full contingent of Rahanweyn fighters without screening them...
And South West President Abdiaziz Hasan Mohamed (Lafta Gareen) was a member of the force...
And South West President Abdiaziz Hasan Mohamed (Lafta Gareen) was a member of the force...
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We hear that after annoying Hassan Sheikh by taking visits from President Muse Bihi Abdi of Somaliland and Puntland's President Said Abdullahi Deni he will invite South West State's President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed 'Lafta Gareen' to the Ethiopian capital...
For Lafta Gareen there is no profit in provoking Mogadishu...
The new contingent will be important in containing Al Shabaab in his region and that means Lafta Gareen must keep Mogadishu onside...
Hassan Sheikh also visited Baydhabo on 18 and 19 October to assure the South West State President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed 'Lafta Gareen' of his full support and to encourage him to open operations against Al Shabaab in Bakool with the aim of preventing the Islamist militia moving fighters into Hiran...
Mainly this is because South West State President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed 'Lafta Gareen' feels isolated and believes that hosting more federal troops could threaten his presidency...
The state of the statesThe South West State President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed 'Lafta Gareen' who was installed with the help of Farmajo doesn't want to join the broad front against Al Shabaab because he fears the Somali National Army (SNA) could influence the elections in the state due this year against him (AC Vol 60 No 2 Mogadishu lashes out)...
Robow was tipped to win the state's presidential election until Federal President Mohamed Abdullah Mohamed 'Farmajo' ordered Ethiopian troops to detain him and ensure victory for Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed 'Lafta Gareen' (Rahanweyn/Xarin)...
Lafta Gareen's mother belongs to the same clan as Farmajo (Darod/Marehan)...
The US government meanwhile bankrolled the state election and then deepened its relationship with Lafta Gareen...
Three days after the Nairobi assault an Ethiopian military convoy came under attack near Bur Hakaba on its way to Baidoa where President Mohammed Abdullah Mohammed 'Farmajo' was staying to attend the inauguration of the new South West State President Lafta Gareen (AC Vol 59 No 24 Poll fight for Farmajo)...
Robow who defected to the government in August 2017 had been officially approved as a candidate in South West State after wide consultation but Farmajo's administration had been spending large sums to ensure the election of Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed 'Lafta Gareen' (AC Vol 59 No 24 Poll fight for Farmajo & Vol 58 No 18 The split that never was)...
So Farmajo had to remove him by force so Lafta Gareen could win which he now has in a pyrrhic victory for Mogadishu...
The Mogadishu government has been spending huge sums in support of its favoured candidate Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed 'Lafta Gareen' and alienating politicians in all the regions of the country with its clumsy manipulation efforts (AC Vol 59 No 22 US strikes Shabaab gains)...
The current South West State president Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan resigned from the race because he could not compete financially with Lafta Gareen...
The former National Intelligence and Security Agency chief Hussein Osman Hussein Mukhtar Robow and Lafta Gareen are the front runners...
The real competition will be between Robow and Lafta Gareen which is why the Mogadishu government has been trying so hard to prevent Robow standing...
The federal government may be spending freely to get Lafta Gareen elected but it is extremely unpopular in the region...
Farmajo's allies believe they can get Lafta Gareen in because this vote only involves local MPs not the electorate at large...
Lafta Gareen is a Harin a major Rahanweyn clan but clan politics in Baidoa have been extremely divisive over the course of the civil war and he could become bogged down in internecine quarrels...
It is yet unclear whether they are there to protect Lafta Gareen or the parliament where the vote should take place...