Why Al-Shabaab, an affiliate terrorist organization and off-shoot of Al-Qa’eda killed Ibrahim Elmi (Gab) Warsame?

Left-Ibrahim Elmi Warsame and His Wife Regional Governor of Lower Shabelle March 29, 1987 Right-Professor Abdulwali Sheik Abdullahi and His Wife




Ibrahim Elmi Warsame who was a lifelong human rights advocate was born on 1936 in Eil – the oldest city of the Nugal region of Puntland which also was one of the strongest fortresses of Sayid Mohamed Abdulle Hassan’s gallant Dervishes. That time was only a year before the colonial troops of General Graziani of the fascist Italy invaded Ethiopia from Walwal frontier (Eastern corner of Hawd and Reserved Area) on Feb. 22, 1935.
The inhabitants of Eil refused to take part in that aggression. It was also 11 years after the Fascist Italian Navy bombarded Eil and ruined to ashes on April 24, 1925.Ibrahim completed his Quranic and primary
education in Eil of the then Majertenia Sultanate (Nugal region of today) and he later moved to Kismayo of southern Somalia where he joined the Vanguards of Somali Youth League on 1952. He was detained, tortured and then extradited to Bosaso of then Majertenia Sultanate’s seat (Bari of today) after participating most of the famous battles of Kismayo independence movements that were waged by SYL against the brutality of the colonial rule.After some of the leading figures of SYL betrayed the objectives of independence principles founded for SYL and it became infested and infiltrated with anti-independence opportunists, Ibrahim left SYL and joined Somali Greater League (Somalis known as Gareed), which later transformed to be the Somali Democratic Union (SDU). He continued his struggle for the noble cause of freeing Somalia and took part in its numerous and multifold demonstrations and peaceful protests against the UN-Trusteeship but disguised colonial rule.After Somalia attained its independence on mid 1960, Ibrahim joined the movement of Somali Labor Unions (Syndicates) and he had tirelessly fought for the rights of Somalia’s young workforce for achieving an equal opportunity and social justice for all during those 9 years of the then nascent civilian but corrupted administration of Somalia (1960-69).After the Somalia’s armed forces overthrew the civilian government, Ibrahim became among the benevolent supporters of the new rule. Of course he didn’t have enough experience of military rule and he was sad about how the corrupted civilian government disappointed the aspirations of those who fought for the independence. He took his higher education and leadership courses at both inside Somalia and abroad in the yrs (1970-75).He then held many leadership positions in Somalia’s Interior Ministry on the years 1975-90 such as: Deputy Mayor of Kismayo(1975-76), Mayor of Gabiley – a district of the northwest region of Somalia (1976-83), Regional Governor of Sanag – northeastern tip of Somalia (1983-86) and the Regional Governor of Lower Shabelle (1986-91) since the Collapse of the somali nation, central government on January 26, 1991..MORE..Why Al-Shabaab, an affiliate terrorist organization and off-shoot of Al-Qa’eda killed Ibrahim Elmi (Gab) Warsame?