Said Abdullahi Dani Puntland leader and contender for the federal presidency was very disappointed...
At one point bodyguards of some MPs and the Puntland president Said Abdullahi Dani exchanged gunfire with elements of the Somali police and officers of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) who were trying to intimidate the interim speaker and further delay proceedings to help Farmajo...
The initiative has a lot of support from Farmajo who hopes to use it as a counterweight against Bihi and against the President of Puntland Said Abdullahi Dani who had just declared himself a federal presidential candidate...
Puntland President Said Abdullahi Dani is also getting more authoritarian...
Senators nominated in Puntland included three close relatives of the President Said Abdullahi Dani while the rest were from his inner circle...
Puntland's security gets personal Puntland President Said Abdullahi Dani is removing officers from their posts in the Puntland security establishment and replacing them with his own loyalists...
Although they spent generously among Puntland's MPs Puntland President Said Abdullahi Dani spotted the threat and put forward a list of close allies including relatives and aides which proved enough to defeat Farmajo's move...
Puntland President Said Abdullahi Dani in a long speech on television on 21 February told viewers that Farmajo approached him and wanting a deal that would see him remain president based on them being Darod 'brothers'...
ASWJ and the new Puntland administration of President Said Abdullahi Dani distrusted and loathed both Al Shabaab and the state president Mohamed Abdullah Mohamed 'Farmajo'...
Meanwhile Said Dani has been in conflict with sections of his own administration in Puntland...