borkenaJanuary 30,2019Ledeta 4th criminal bench of Federal high court charged today former president of Ethio-Somali region, Abdi Illey and 46 others. According to a report by EBC, 41 are charged in absentia while six of them including Abdi Illey are in custody. One of the charges says that Abdi Illey along with his associates incited one group of people in the region he administered to take up arms against the other between June and July of 2018. According to EBC report, 59 people were killed including priests in the church who were burned to ashes after being killed. Abdi Illey was also allegedly mobilizing ethic Somalis for secession.

Source: Ethiopian News January 31, 2019 04:18 UTC