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The former Somali ambassador to the United States, a long-time Columbus resident and advocate for refugees and resettlement efforts, died this week.
Abdikarim Ali Omar, 70, of Westerville, died Tuesday night of natural causes, according to his family. and community leaders.
Omar was the last Somali ambassador to the United States before the fall of the government and civil war in 1991. He was a great leader to the Somali community. He was very kind, so helpful to the newcomers, said Abdi Hakim, a case worker for the Community Refugee and Immigration Services.
Omar joined the Somali foreign ministry in 1975, trained as a finance clerk. He came to the United States in 1978, transferring to the Somali foreign embassy in Washington D.C.
The Peace Panel was saddled with the responsibility of resolving the contentious issues and uniting party leaders in the zone and tackling crisis bedevilling the states chapters of the party in the region.
The APC has become comatose in the South South axis sequel to the prevailing power struggle and division among the critical stakeholders.
Some state chapters of the party are entangled in crisis over who controls the party’s structures.
Others have been polarised with parallel executives running them to the detriment of the party and its chances of winning future elections.
Some states like Rivers are running parallel executives while the political bigwigs have maintained sealed lips and failed to reconcile their differences to form a united front ahead of future elections.
By Ikechukwu Okaforadi
The South South zone of All Progressives Congress (APC) has passed a vote of confidence on the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, even as it appointed former chairman of the party, John Odigie-Oyegun to lead the zonal reconciliation efforts of the party. According to a communique issued yesterday after its meeting in Abuja, which was attended by party dignitaries from the region, including serving ministers, Senators and heads of agencies, meeting resolved that the zonal leaders must work together in harmony in the interest of the party and the people. The communique signed by the National Secretary of the Party’s Caretaker/ Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Sen. John James Akpanudoedehe and Lucky Imasuen, said the meeting also condemned the divisions amongst the leaders and urged on the need to foster unity in the zone.
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