By Suleiman Sabdow
MOGADISHU; Somalia president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo and Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble have finally tonight reached a truce to end their political differences after months of political standoff that scuttled elections and thrown the country into a political upheaval.
After mediation talks spearheaded by South West regional State leader Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen held over the last night and the better part of today, the President and his Prime Minister came into a consensus on key issues that have sparked off their squabble including the case of the allegedly slain female intelligence officer IKran Tahlil Farah.
Sources close to Villa Somalia intimated to Frontier Online that talks convened at the presidential palace in the capital Moqadishu saw both president Farmajo and PM Roble soften their hard-line stances.
The political row between Farmaajo and Roble caused political and security turmoil in the Horn of Africa which is reeling from decades of civil war and caused jitters among different quarters that the situation may exacerbate in the coming days.
Some of the key issues and points agreed upon by the two top leaders in possession of Frontier Online are;
1.Abdullahi Mohamed Nur to continue serving as internal security Minister of the country.
2.Acting National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) chief Yassin Farey to continue holding the office until a substantive boss is appointed for the post.
3.The contentious case of Ikran Tahlil Farah to be left to the courts to reach a determination over the case.
4. PM Roble’s appointee of NISA chief Bashir Mohamud Jamac to be appointed as a security Minister.
The political wrangles between President Farmajo and Prime Minister Roble has been brewing since the disappearance and killing of Ikran Tahlil Farah, a female spy agent working with the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) which the agency later claimed was killed by Al-Shabaab militants.
However, in a quick rejoinder Al-Shabaab denied the claims saying and accusing the intelligence agency of blackmailing them for killing they did not execute.
Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble sacked the then intelligence agency boss Fahad Yassin after he failed to submit a comprehensive report regarding the abduction of the female spy agent a decision that was however protested by president Mohamed Farmajo urging Fahad to continue discharging his duties.
The president later in a statement posted on Villa Somalia stated that he had accepted the resignation of Fahad Yassin as the NISA chief and appointed him as his National Security Advisor.
Fahad later last month took over the mantle from Abdisaid Muse Ali who was appointed as the Chief of Staff in a brief ceremony held at Villa Somalia barely days after being denied entry into the country allegedly by top Somalia government officials and detained in Djibouti by authorities in Djibouti.
Concerted efforts spearheaded by Galmudug president Ahmed Abdi Qoorqoor to bring together president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble hit a dead end after talks fizzled out at the eleventh hour.
Some quarters in the Somali government accused president Farmajo of scuttling efforts to end the stand-off between him and PM Roble however president Farmajo denied the accusations of brinkmanship.
The international community has been calling on the top leaders in the Horn of Africa country to reconcile and refrain from unhelpful exchanges and personal announcements that could further hamper and escalate the already fragile security situation on the ground and expedite the protracted elections and the fight against Al-Shabaab insurgency.
