By M.A.Egge
His body would be laid to rest in a state burial on Monday
The former President of the Republic of Somaliland the late Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud Silanyo has passed on at the age of 86.
The late populist leader who was a brilliant economist, scholar, technocrat, politician, freedom fighter and celebrated popular head of state breathed his last at his residence in Hargeisa city, Somaliland on Friday evening.
In breaking the news, his successor H.E. President Musa Bihi Abdi announced to the nation the death of the fourth President of Somaliland while at the residence of the deceased former leader.
He was amongst the first to reach the residence of the former president.
The Head of State also announced the setting up of a funeral committee for the state burial to be held on Monday 18th November 2024.
The President noted with a heavy heart, “I hereby announce to the nation and Somalilanders wherever they are the death of former President H.E. Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud Silanyo who has just passed on now; Indeed, we belong to Allah and to Him shall we return”.
He condoled with the next of kin, family members, relatives and friends of the late president and the nation at large, speaking on his own behalf and that of both the government and the nation of Somaliland, and prayed for the soul of the deceased to rest in eternal peace.
The country is joined together in mourning the late celebrated leader who has left behind a monumental legacy worth being emulated by all.
He left behind a great legacy with major political impact that touched positively on all aspects of social, political and economic prongs of Somaliland’s national fabric.
(Read it elsewhere in this issue)
Mourners immediately flocked the residents of the late Ahmed Silanyo upon the announcement of the news of his passing on.
The Waddani flag-bearing presidential candidate Dr. Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi Irro and KAAH political organization chair Mohamoud Hashi were also amongst those who reached the family to console them at their residence.
The sudden death of the celebrated former president comes at a precarious moment that the nation has just held the presidential and political party elections whose tallying are underway.
The Chair of the NEC himself happens to be the son-in-law of the deceased.
The Horn Tribune herein joins the rest of the nation in consoling the next of kin, family members, relatives, friends and all Somalilanders wherever they are to have stronger faith in the midst of trying moments and steadfastly believing in destiny as ordained.
“Indeed, we belong to Allah and to Him shall we return”