Somali-Kenyan official abducted in Kenya
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A Somali police officer of Somali-Kenyan descent was abducted by unknown assailants on one of Nairobi’s Thika Super Highways on Monday, according to the family of the abducted officer, Osman Godane.
Omar Dida, the father of the abducted officer, told the media on Wednesday (September 14th) that his son had been abducted the day he left his home in Laisamis, Marsabit County.
“Home Secretary Dr. Fred Matiang must explain what happened and make sure that the my son is released,” said the father of the abducted officer.
“The officer left his home at 5pm and was on his way to Nairobi but was abducted four hours after arriving on Thika Road,” said Omar Dida, the abducted officer’s father.
Dida added that when he arrived on the Thika highway, a black car sped off and overturned in front of him.
In Kenya, kidnappings of Somalis in the country have been on the rise, with Prof. Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad, a Somali scholar living in the country still missing, and Bashir Mohamed Mohamud, a Somali-American businessman, being abducted and found dead in the outskirts of Nairobi.
