# Wadani Accuses Hargeisa Mayor, Airport Manager of Corruption

> On 8 Dec 2018, Somaliland Sun reported Wadani Party claims that Hargeisa's mayor colluded with Egal Airport's manager to fleece taxpayers.

- By: Editorial Team, Somali Construction Review (https://somaliconstructionreview.com/about)
- Published: 30 September 2026
- Format: News story (reported from one named public source)
- Publication: Somali Construction Review (https://somaliconstructionreview.com)
- Subject: Business and Costs
- Tags: procurement, contractor-selection, due-diligence
- Web version: https://somaliconstructionreview.com/blog/wadani-accuses-hargeisa-airport-corruption

## Key points

- Somaliland Sun reported on 2018-12-08 that Wadani Party's youth and sports secretary accused Hargeisa Mayor Abdirahman Mohammud Aideed of colluding with the Egal International Airport manager to fleece taxpayers.
- The accusations include an allegedly illegal parking lot reconstruction contract and the airport manager's alleged replacement of employees with relatives.
- The report provides no evidence or response from the accused, and no subsequent investigation or resolution has been documented.

On 8 December 2018, Somaliland Sun reported that the Wadani Party's secretary of youths and sports affairs, Mr. Yonis Ahmed Yonis, accused the incumbent mayor of Hargeisa, Hon. Abdirahman Mohammud Aideed (Solteco), of colluding with the manager of Egal International Airport to fleece taxpayers.

According to Mr. Yonis, as reported by Somaliland Sun, the mayor was given an illegal contract to reconstruct the parking lot of the airport. The Wadani official claimed that the airport manager created a parking space and gave it to the mayor without going through the Somaliland National Tender Board, the state body charged with contracting firms.

The report further states that the Wadani official said the airport manager sacked many employees from other clans and replaced them with his closest relatives. The accuser also said the mayor and the airport manager are from the same ethnic community.

Wadani called on Somaliland President H.E. Musa Bihi Abdi to intervene, according to the report, and asked the head of state to ensure all public properties in the wrong hands are returned to the state.

The report, by Guled Abdi Mahir, does not name the Egal International Airport manager, state the value of the alleged contract, identify the awarding authority, or provide evidence for the claims. It does not include any response from the mayor, the airport manager, or the government. Somaliland Construction Review has found no subsequent investigation, prosecution, or resolution documented since the 2018 report.

## Questions

### Who is accused of corruption in the Hargeisa airport parking lot case?

Wadani Party's youth and sports secretary accused Hargeisa Mayor Abdirahman Mohammud Aideed and the unnamed Egal International Airport manager.

### What evidence was provided for the corruption allegations?

The Somaliland Sun report does not provide any evidence, such as contract documents or tender board records, and no response from the accused.

### Has there been any investigation into the allegations?

No subsequent investigation, prosecution, or resolution has been documented since the report was published on 8 December 2018.

## Sources

- [Somaliland:National Party (Wadani) Accuse Hargeisa Mayor and Egal Airport Manager of Corruption](https://somalilandsun.com/somalilandnational-party-wadani-accuse-hargeisa-mayor-and-egal-airport-manager-of-corruption/) — Somaliland Sun, 2018-12-08