A RESPONSE TO THE FABRICATED NEWS STORY CREATED BY DESPARATE BORANA OROMO

It was said that the Borana herders and the Ethiopian Somali region militia (Liyyu Police) engaged in gun battle on November 08, 2017 in Nagele district, Guji Zone. According to the report, the Somali militia was defeated by the Oromo Nomads, who only carried a few rifles with limited ammunition. In the process, the Somali militia killed 3 cattle including below pictured heifer and many more were wounded.

The proclaimed events are illogical as it is unthinkable to say that an outnumbered Oromo herder carrying one or two riffles defeated highly trained and heavily armed militia. Therefore, the Borana’s claim is beyond the peel.

According to reliable information received from Nagele, Guji Zone, the following event took place on November 8, 2017. The Borana herders took their cattle to Somali owned farmland in order to damage crops. They were told to keep their cattle away from there on many occasions, but the Borana herders failed to do so and forced their cattle into the Somali farms to destroy unripe crops. In retaliation, Somali farmers fired a few shots, one of which struck and killed the above pictured heifer. The Borana in turn falsified the story in an attempt to get support from the peace loving Guji clan member and named the well-known Guji herder as the owner of the deceased heifer. However, it backfired on them and the Borana did not gained any support from anyone; they were seen as pathological liars whose main intention was to lineup Oromo people and take over the Somali own land.

 By GSG member November 10, 2017