Another official just accused of corruption by Hassan Sheikh's supporters is also candidate for the presidency of Hirshabelle and his major rival is the current minister for Petroleum and Mineral Resources Abdirizak Omar Mohamed who is very close to the president...
The current oil minister Abdirizak Omar Mohamed also held this portfolio in 2012 and 2013 under Hassan Sheikh during his first term as federal president when the deal with Soma Oil and Gas was struck...
One of its government supporters was Abdirizak Omar Mohamed Natural Resources Minister at the time of the signing and now Internal Security Minister...
The proposed Finance Minister Mohamed Adan Ibrahim 'Fargeti' (Rahenweyn/Disow) who is close to the Speaker and would-be oil minister Abdirizak Omar Mohamed who was Oil Minister at the time of the oil deal with British firm Soma have been the subject of similar concern (AC Vol 54 No 20 Oil bids defy security crisis)...