BAIDAO (Sh. M. Network) – the Islamic administration officials of Harakat Al-shabab Mujahideen in Bay and Bakol regions have issued a declaration on Wednesday morning and ordered to close down the local FM radio stations in Baidoa town in Bay region.

The officials of both Bay and Bakol regions in southern Somalia said in their statement that they had banned from the directors officials of the radios to turn off the FM of the radios totally especially the two operating radio stations of Warsan and Jubba warning to be on air.

A copy of the announcement of Harakat Al-shabab Mujahideen which was brought Shabelle’s office in Baidoa town said: “the Islamic administration of Harakat Al-shabab Mujahideen in Bay and Bakol regions are ordering to Warsan and Jubba radios to off air their FM radios until later order from the Islamic administration. The declaration will begin from 21/10/2009 around 7:00 on Wednesday morning,”

The statement also said that they will take drastic steps of the Sharia law if violated the order of the Islamic administration and released programs from the radios with out the knowing the administration

The real aim that the local FM radios ordered to be off air is unclear and it is the first time the Islamic administration of Harakat Al-shabab Mujahideen in the Bay and Bakol region order local FM radios to be off air together since they took over the control of the both regions in southern Somalia.

The statement of the Islamic administration of Harakat Al-shabab Mujahideen in Bay and Bakol regions on the suspensions of the local FM radios in Baidoa town comes as some the radio officials in the town were arrested by the Islamist forces recently after accusing misunderstanding between them and the administration.

By: Hassan Osman Abdi

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