Somali-Kenyan lawyer says his life is in danger

From: Somalicurrent

Controversial Kenyan Somali lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi wants the police to investigate an advocate he claimed threatened him on social media. Senior counsel said that alleged warning posted on Facebook by Mr Donald Kipkorir amounts to threats to kill and police should conduct an investigation.

Mr Abdullahi on Thursday recorded a statement with the Kenyan criminal investigations officers saying that his life was threatened following the Facebook post. On Wednesday night, Mr Kipkorir allegedly posted on his Facebook page what appeared to be a warning to his colleague, saying that the latter had handled some cases about people from different parts of the country. Mr Kipkorir allegedly insinuated that he was the only bold person to tell Mr Abdullahi the truth, warning: “Don’t say I didn’t warn you…..Fare thee well friend.”
Mr Abdullahi went to the CID headquarters accompanied by colleague lawyer Paul Muite.

The Law Society of Kenya chairman whom Mr. Abdinassir served as a chairman before said that they would handle the matter but Mr Abdullahi dismissed the attempt saying that was purely the work of the police.
“You do not mediate threats to kill or murder,” Mr Abdullahi said. Lawyer Abdullahi who is a columnist at one of the dailies in the country (Daily Nation) has criticized the government crackdown against the ethnic Somalis and the extrajudicial killings of Muslim clerics in the coastal city of Mombasa.

Reacting on his twitter account page on deputy president comment on holding terror suspects in jail lawyer Abdullahi said “ Ruto should not tell the courts what to do on terrorists,” adding that the deputy president himself is on bond from the ICC for 2007/2008 post poll chaos.