6 August 2017: Somalia Military High Court sustained earlier sentences passed by First Degree Military Court Section 60 in Baidoa town. The chairperson of Military Court in Baidoa Brigadier Liban Ali Yarow announced the verdict against the 3 accused who filed an appeal after they received death and life sentences. The 3 accused persons are Mohamed Aden Ali Burrow 22 years, Somow Ali Adan Ilkacase 23 years, Hassan Abdullahi Ibrahim Qorgab 28 years.

In the initial verdict, the accused Mohamed Aden Ali Burrow was sentenced to death by firing squad while Ilkacase and Qorgab were both given life sentences. The suspects were accused of a murder case in early July 2017 in a mosque situated in Baidoa town where a local Islamic scholar known as Sheikh Madeer Sheikh Madgab was killed. The deceased was one of the delegates that selected members of the National Parliament. (Source: Goobjoog News)