A Victim of the Somali Ministry of Security’s Shadow

Mohamed Saleban Ebakar, a hero, young rising star and commander of Gorgor (Eagle) battalion which is part of Somali National Army’s special forces clearing Awdheegle town from Al-Shabab (Islamic terrorist group liked with Al-Qaida)

BY RETHABILE EVANS Oct 30, 2019,

NAIROBI, The two men who were shot and killed by bodyguard in Hamar-weyn district of Mogadishu has been identified as Mohamed Saleban Ebakar and one of his bodyguard, a hero and commander of Gorgor (Eagle) battalion which is part of Somali National Army’s special forces who has liberated Al-Shabab, (an al-Qaeda-linked group) fighting to overthrow the country's internationally recognized government from its key hold district of Awdhegleh and Ceel-Saleen.

It was October 18, 2019, at evening, around 6:00 pm, the commander of the Somali special force Gorgor (Eagle) battalion, of Somali National Army Mohamed Saleban Ebakar and one of his bodyguard lost their lives right in front of the Hotel Maa’ido Ex Naaso-Hablood 2 of Xamar-weyne district of Mogadishu by the bodyguards of the minister of the security of Somali Federal Government Mohamed Abukar (Ducaale).
Vice Police commander of Somalia Gen, Zakiya Hussein Ahmed confirmed that they have arrested Minister Ducaale’s bodyguards who involved in the confrontation.

People in the area who were nearby had flagged down the guards to stop shooting the commander but was confirmed that they have ignored and as guards continued to take the lives of the commander and his bodyguard.

The relative of the commander of the Somali special force Gorgor (Eagle) battalion, of SNA Mohamed Saleban Ebakar has refused to bury the bodies until the motive and murderers are put in front of justice.

The minister of the security of Somali Federal Government Mohamed Abukar (Ducaale) whose soldiers were involved the incident has traveled to Dhusamareb of Galmudug State the following day while the bodies were in Digfer Hospital.

How did a battalion commander of especial force Gorgor (Eagle) battalion of SNA become the victim of the Somali ministry of security shocked the National forces and Somali public? The question of how this happens and motives behind it aren't still answered by the minister after his soldiers killed one young raising officer who took a lion’s share of liberating Al-Shabab (Islamic terrorists liked with Al-Qaida) from lower Shabelle and many other parts of the Somali nation.

Four days later, the bodies of the commander of the special force Gorgor (Eagle) battalion of SNA and his bodyguard were put in rest and buried in graveyards of Hogga hospital.