According to a senior immigration official, the Somali Civil Aviation Authority warned all civilian flights about allowing Yasin to board their inbound flights. Both Turkish Airline and Qatar Airways have blocked Yasin since Saturday, while the Ethiopian Airlines, who reportedly sold a Istanbul-Mogadishu ticket to Yasin, received a stern warning.
“We have made it clear to all international flights that they will lose their landing permits if they bring in Fahad Yasin,” the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity. “We got instructions from the government which we acted on.”
The Somali government has informed the international police – InterPol – about Yasin’s case. Security sources close to the Somali Prime Minister’s Office described Yasin a “national security threat”. They also accused him of conspiring to jeopardise the stability of the nation by “mobilising armed militias” and attempting “to sabotage the ongoing electoral processes”.
How Yasin landed in Mogadishu