Oromia Special Zone Administrator has been shot dead. Ahmed Ali Ibree, the administrator was shot dead on Friday.
Ahmed Ali Ibree, a central committee member of the Prosperity Party and the administrator of the Oromo Special Zone in the Amhara region was killed while leaving a mosque. He offered Friday prayers at the mosque. When he left the mosque, unknown assailants opened fire at him.
According to a statement from the Oromo Special Zone Communication Office, the incident occurred as Ahmed was leaving a mosque in Kemise town after Friday prayers.
The zone administration blamed “Shane” a term used by gov’t officials for Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) for this murder. Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), an armed group, has been fighting the Ethiopian security forces for years. But the group is mainly based in the Oromia region. Friday’s assassination happened in Oromia Special Zone of the Amhara region. OLA did not react to the accusation as of yet.
39 year old Ahmed Ali held various leadership positions in the Oromia Special zone’s administration in the last one decade. “We will work hard to continue the work he started and to achieve his goals,” said the Oromo Special Zone administration and expresses its condolences.
Oromo Liberation Army has not been traditionally based in the Amhara region. But it has been trying to make inroads into the Oromia special zone and North Shewa zones of the Amhara region. Fighting was reported between Amhara Fano militia members and armed Oromo farmers in the Oromia special zone in recent months. While OLA fighters are trying to expand their presence in Oromo-majority areas of the Amhara region, Fano Amhara fighters are trying to expand into Amhara-majority areas of the Oromia region.
Reportedly, recently Ahmed Ali held meetings with Amhara elders of the area who asked the administrator to remove OLA elements from the Oromia special zone.
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