A senior Somali politician has been accused of sanctioning a deadly assassination campaign from the skies, in an explosive security statement issued by the Interior Security Minister of the Laftagareen administration. Hassan Abdiqadir Mohamed, Minister of Internal Security for Somalia’s South West State, alleges that Federal Parliament Speaker Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur Jama ordered a series of airstrikes designed to eliminate senior figures opposed to the South West administration. At the centre of the allegations is a terrifying attack on the home of former Somali Custodial Corps commander Major General Mahad Abdirahman Adan, known as Taliye Shub.
On September 3, 2026, his residence in Dolow, Gedo, was allegedly hit by an unmanned aircraft. The South West security ministry says civilians were wounded and the house was badly ruined. But according to Minister Hassan’s statement, the target was no accident. The house itself, he alleges, was the target. And the alleged order was discussed just one day earlier. The South West security report claims that a meeting took place on September 2 at approximately 3pm.
At the centre of the alleged meeting was Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur Jama, the recently elected speaker of the house of the people. The ministry claims he argued that military action was necessary to end the fighting involving South West State’s Dervish forces, which the statement says were being supported by Jubaland and Puntland.
The accusation is stark: according to the South West administration in exile, Jama allegedly called for the bombing of those standing in the way. The ministry then names the alleged targets. Taliye Shub was allegedly first on the list. But he was not supposedly alone.
According to the statement issued by Hassan Abdiqadir Mohamed, the alleged target list included senior political, military and security officials from South West State. Among them were the regional security minister, government spokesman, senior police commanders, the Baidoa District Commissioner, the Commander of the Presidential Security Forces, the Transport and Aviation Minister and the Waajid District Commissioner.
The alleged list reads less like a battlefield target sheet than a roll call of political and security figures. The South West ministry says the intended campaign extended across the administration’s leadership.
The South West ministry further alleges that Turkish officers at TURKSOM objected to the proposed strikes. According to the statement, they warned that attacking individuals or civilians without evidence connecting them to Al-Shabaab could have grave consequences.
They allegedly raised concerns about the repercussions for Somalia and specifically warned about relations and security implications involving Kenya, Ethiopia and Türkiye. But the statement claims the warnings were brushed aside. It alleges that Jama said he would personally accept responsibility for whatever followed.
The report further claims that a call was then made to former President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, after which the Turkish side was allegedly instructed to proceed with the strikes.
The alleged operation ultimately came to Doolow. General Mahad’s home was struck by drone.
But the former commander survived. The South West administration says civilians were injured and the residence suffered damage. Its report subsequently alleges that Jama was informed that the strike had succeeded and that Mahad had been killed.
That claim, contained in the South West statement, makes the survival of the former commander all the more politically explosive. What was allegedly intended as a killing instead became the catalyst for a public accusation against Somalia’s political establishment.
Hassan Abdiqadir Mohamed’s statement goes far beyond the alleged Doolow attack.
It accuses political forces associated with former President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of using violence and military technology against opponents.
The ministry describes what it calls an “international mafia” entering Somali politics and accuses an alleged network of using drones and other weapons to eliminate those who oppose its political agenda. The ministry alleges that anyone considered politically significant who challenges Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s position could become a target, wherever they are.
In the language of the South West administration, the conflict is no longer simply political. It is a serious political hunt.
The Laftagareen administration is now calling on international organisations and foreign governments to take notice.
Its appeal is directed towards the African Union and AUSSOM leadership, the United Nations, AUSSOM troop-contributing countries, the European Union, the United States, the United Kingdom, IGAD and humanitarian and civilian-protection organisations.
The message from South West State is unmistakable. It says Somalia’s political crisis has entered a dangerous new phase in which opponents can allegedly be marked for death and pursued with military force. But if the account were ever independently substantiated, it would represent something far more serious than another chapter in Somalia’s bitter political struggle. It would point to the alleged use of state-linked military power as a weapon in a political assassination campaign.