Puntland Martial Court Sentences Al-shabaab Members

Garowe (PP News Desk) —The First Level Nugaal and Sool Court of the Somali Army today passed sentences on six young men wbo were found guilty of being members of Al-shabaab.

Abdirahman Isse Hussein, the Chairman of the Court, told the media that ”Ismail Abdullahi Ibrahim and Hassan Kulow Ibrahim, who were captured while fighting on Al-shabaab’s side against Puntland forces, were sentenced to life in prison”.

Convicts have thirty days to appeal against rulings.

The Court referred Mohamed Ibrahim Isaq,16, to the Ministry of Justice and Rehabilitation, for being a minor fighting alongside Al-shabaab.

The Court sentenced Mustafe Aadan Keerow, Bashiir Mo’allim Nuur and Abdulifatah Mo’allim to twenty years in prison each after they were arrested whilst trying to travel to Galgala mountains to join Al-shabaab fighters based there.

All the convicted men were accused of travelling from southern parts of Somalia to carry out acts of destabilisation in Puntland. Convicts have thirty days to appeal against rulings.

© Puntland Post, 2020