The late former Somalia’s TFG president Abdullahi Yussuf Ahmed was laid to rest shortly after midday on Sunday. The burial in his Galkayo hometown was attended by the Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali and several other TFG and regional leaders from Puntland and Galmudug states of Somalia.President Sharif was among hundreds of mourners attending Yussuf’s burial at the El-Jifle cemetery in Galkayo town.The plane carrying the Coffin bearing the remains of Yussuf arrived at Adan Adde International Airport in Mogadishu on Sunday morning and was later flown to Galkayo town for burial.President Sharif led the Janaza prayer congregation, one of the Islamic burial rituals performed on the deceased persons before laying them to rest.Yussuf was accorded a State funeral with reports of unknown number of gun salutes in Galkayo during the burial procession.Yussuf died on February 23 aged 77 at Sheikh Zayed hospital in UAE after long illness.He was the first president of Somalia’s interim government after he was chosen as president by a parliament set up in 2004 after years of peace talks in the neighbouring Kenya.He resigned in December 2008 after a fierce power struggle with his then Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein, who was backed by parliament after Mr .Yussuf tried to sack him.
Final Prayers for the late Abdullahi Yussuf at Aden Adde Airport, Mogadishu
Final Prayers for the late Abdullahi Yussuf at Aden Adde Airport, Mogadishu
On Sunday morning the airplane carrying the body of the deceased former president of Somalia Abdulahi Yussuf Ahmed, arrived at Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu where a final farewell prayer was conducted.The president of Somalia Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, the Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali Gaas, ministers, members of parliament and other senior officials of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) have participated in the Janaza prayer for the deceased within the airport premises.President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed sent his condolences to the Somali people and the family members of the former president of Somalia. He asked the public to pray for the late president.The Somali Prime Minister Dr. Abdiweli, spoke highly of the late president referring to him as an individual who had shaped the history of Somalia.Sheikh Sharif expressed his gratitude to the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Yemen who allowed the deceased to seek treatment and refuge in their countries. He pledged that the TFG would assist in catering for accrued medical expenses.The committee for the organization of the burial of late Abdullahi Yussuf was headed by the minister of trade and deputy prime minister Abdiwahab Ugaas Hussen Ugaas Khaliif who also accompanied the deceased when he was taken to Galkayo where he is to be buriedAt Galkayo airport people have been waiting for the arrival of the late president’s body, among them are the president of Puntland Administration Abdirahman Mahamad Mahamuud Faroole and other senior leaders from Puntland and Galmudug administration.The burial ceremony for the former president who died in UAE on Friday 23rd is currently ongoing in Galkayo. President Sheikh Sharif and Prime Minister Abdiweli are attending the burial in Mudug region of Galkayo.
BY Abdirahman Warsame (Rahm)
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