Somalia commander who suspended Parliament stripped of his military rank
On 12 April, police chief, Gen Abdi Hijar, fired Sadaq John after he warned country’s parliament not to hold a session on delayed elections.
Mogadishu police chief suspends Somali parliament, sacked immediately after
Mogadishu police boss Sadaq Omar Hassan appeared on the privately-owned Universal Somali TV channel to announce he had suspended parliamentary meeting.