On the evening of 19 June 2011. ONLF Central Committee member Abdirahman Abdullaahi Muhumad (Sayid) was assassinated in Nairobi, Kenya by intelligence operatives of the TPLF regime currently in power in Ethiopia. Mr. Abdi Abdullaahi was unarmed and alone when Ethiopian intelligence agents fired several shots killing him instantly. The Ethiopian intelligence agents are still at large and armed in Nairobi.

This despicable and cowardly act taking place away from any battle front in a neighboring country not only demonstrates the TPLF regimes attitude toward peace but also its flagrant disregard for international law and the sovereignty of neighboring states.

The ONLF Central Committee and military command joins the people of Ogaden in mourning the loss of Abdi Abdullahi. He was a inspirational and visionary leader who contributed a great deal to the struggle of the people of Ogaden for self-determination, development and democracy.

Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF)