Tarbaj MP says killings to fuel mistrust between locals and security forces

Tarbaj MP Ahmed Bashane at a past rally. (Courtesy)

WAJIR—Tarbaj legislator has now joined the elected leaders from Wajir County who are calling on the president to account for the number of individuals in police custody.

Speaking to Kulan Post, Ahmed Bashane the Member of Parliament for Tarbaj constituency said the “brutal killing of two men in Tarbaj by the security forces would further fuel the mistrust between the locals and the security forces.”

He added that the locals were willing to work with the security forces in push to end terror activities in the subcounty.

‘’They were unjustly held in custody and they were later killed and their bodies thrown in the bush. What did they do to deserve that,” he asked.

He said if they were at all suspects of the crimes they were accused of, they would have been arraigned in court and dealt with through “proper judicial process.”

“We will champion their rights. I can assure you that,” he stated.

He urged the president to address the matter, saying the run-away killing and disappearances would undo the gains made in the fight against terror and sympathysers.

“If you want the public to work with the security forces, order them to end this killing of the people,” Bashane continued.

On Friday, the MP for Wajir East called on the nation to hold the president and the Interior Cabinet Secretary for Interior Fred Matiang’I accountable for the disappearance and the deaths of two men he said they were killed by the security forces.

“They died by the brutal hands of the security forces.

The decomposing bodies of Adan Dabar Abdi and Abdikadir Jimcale were found in the bush  by herders.