From: Mathaba |
| Report confirms the defection of seven high-ranking Ethiopian military officers to Ogaden National Liberation Front, ONLF (photo: Reuters) |
It was only yesterday, Ogaden local time, when three Ethiopian military personnel have defected to ONLF and asked for a safe passage to Somalia where they believe they can get Somali smugglers who can take them to Kenyan refugee camps. It is reported that many more soldiers are expected to defect to ONLF in the coming days. Some Ogaden civilians who have had conversations with the defecting soldiers prior to their defection to ONLF told our reporter in Fiiq that there are two pressing matters that are forcing the Ethiopian soldiers to defect. The first matter is said to be massive corruption within the Ethiopian military, which resulted in many soldiers not having received their salaries for many months. The other they said is due to the fact that they being asked to wage battles they are unprepared to fight let alone win. --Ogaden Online News | ||
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