Somali MP Initiates Global Legal Lawsuits Against Senior Somali Officials Over Systemic Looting of Donor funds from the US, UK, and the EU
Abdullahi Hashi Abib, a Member of Parliament in the Federal Republic of Somalia and a long-standing advocate for transparency, accountability, and the rule of law, today announced that he has initiated a “formal civil lawsuits, asset recovery filings, and transnational legal complaints against a broad cohort of senior Somali officials for the systematic embezzlement, misappropriation, and laundering of Somali and U.S., UK, and EU public funds.”
Ref: GSH/XX/CXA/PRESS_REL_34 Date: 04/06/2025
PRESS RELEASE
Initiates Global Legal Lawsuits Against Senior Somali Officials Over Systemic Looting of Somali, US, UK, and EU Public Funds
Mogadishu, Somalia – As a Member of Parliament in the Federal Republic of Somalia and a… pic.twitter.com/K6OLBRzDOK
— MP Dr Abdillahi Hashi Abib (@MPDrAbib) June 4, 2025
In a just issued press release, MP Abib stated that his “legal action targets high-ranking current Somali government officials and after they leave office, who have transferred stolen Somali, U.S., UK, and EU public wealth into foreign jurisdictions including the United States, United Kingdom, European Union, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Djibouti, Kenya, Egypt, Tanzania, and Uganda.”
Those named in the legal filings include President Hassan Sheikh, members of his immediate family, Director General, Deputy Director General, Chief Protocol of Villa Somalia, Senior Advisor of President of Social Affairs, the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, and Permanent Secretary of the Prime Minister, the Speaker, Deputy Speakers of the House of the People, Permanent Secretary of the House of People, WHIP of the House of People, the Governor, Deputy Governor, General Manager, and Executive Director, of the Central Bank of Somalia.
MP Abib says that he has all the receipts and his “filings are supported by a comprehensive public interest dossier” that includes “Documentary evidence of large-scale misappropriation of public and donor funds; 400 Gigabytes from the Central Bank of Somalia; Luxury real estate and foreign asset acquisitions in Istanbul, Nairobi, Djibouti, Dar es Salaam, Dubai, London, and European capitals.”
Ref: GSH/XX/CXA/PRESS_REL_34 Date: 04/06/2025
PRESS RELEASE
Initiates Global Legal Lawsuits Against Senior Somali Officials Over Systemic Looting of Somali, US, UK, and EU Public Funds
Mogadishu, Somalia – As a Member of Parliament in the Federal Republic of Somalia and a… pic.twitter.com/K6OLBRzDOK
— MP Dr Abdillahi Hashi Abib (@MPDrAbib) June 4, 2025
MP Abib calls on “Somali citizens, and civil society, international human rights lawyers, investigative journalists, diaspora watchdogs, and anti-corruption organizations worldwide to join this campaign – not just for recovery, but for the restoration of dignity, justice, and lawful governance for the Somali people.”
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