MOGADISHU (Halbeeg News) – Somalia’s opposition leaders have called for independent investigation into the death of a female spy agent barely day after the national intelligence agency (NISA) blamed al-Shabaab the murder of 24-year-old Ikran Tahlil Farah, who worked in NISA’s cybersecurity department.
In a statement, Council of Presidential Candidates (CPA) has blamed the agency for involvement in the disappearance of the intelligence agency employee.
Ms. Farah was abducted June 26 near her home in Mogadishu’s Abdulaziz district, which is close to the agency’s headquarters.
Her disappearance raised a storm with her family constantly asking the government to explain her disappearance or produce her. Politicians also picked up the issue and made it a campaign subject.
News of her disappearance circulated widely on mainstream and social media.
The CPA urged the PM to act swiftly by removing the top leadership of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) to restore confidence in the institution.
The remarks of CPA come on the heels of NISA statement saying its investigators determined that the young woman’s kidnappers had handed her over to al-Shabab militants, who later killed her.
“NISA has been investigating the case of Ms Ikam Tahlil Farah and came to know that she had ended up in the hands of the merciless group that later killed her,” the spy agency said.
The agency did not release details about when or where it believed Ikran was killed.
In a statement published Friday on pro-al-Shabab websites, a spokesman for the group said it knows nothing about the alleged killing.
“We do not know anything about the killing of Ikran Tahlil who works for NISA,” Al-Shabaab’s statement reads in part.
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