An Al Shabaab fighter has defected to Somali authorities in country’s Southern region, Gedo, official confirmed. The man who has been fighting alongside Al Shabaab fighters for more than a decade deserted the group.
Abdullahi Ahmed Noor, the defector confirmed to be a member of al Shabaab terrorist organization for over 12 years. He said that he realized that what he and the group were doing was wrong, he was remorseful and as such decided to defect. On his way to the Somali security officers, he was attacked by Al-Shabab fighters after they found out that he was deserting them.
He surrendered his weapons saying that he was misled by the organization’s leadership and felt threatened to live but the recent defections encouraged his decision to leave the terrorists especially since there was a major shift in agenda. He is in custody in Gedo and has volunteered information amerced in his 12 years to help security forces dismantle the terror network in the region.
In February, President Farmaajo has extended an olive branch to the fighters by offering them amnesty conditioned with denouncing violence.
