Reports reaching the Ogaden Online service desk confirm the defection of dozens of Ethiopian Woyane soldiers and its associated militia known as Liyu Police, including high ranking officers. It is reported that the recent ONLA commando attacks may have played a role in the defection of these high ranking officers.
It is reported that many militia heads have simply laid their arms. These militia heads as well as their militias are reported to have told their superiors that they have been misled when deployed. It is said that the mutinying militias used the high number of casualties they have sustained recently as proof enough that they have faced a determined and well trained Ogaden National Liberation Army (ONLA) soldiers whom they said knew the terrain more than the ragtag Woyane militias.
The names, not the complete list and the ranks of the officers who defected to ONLF are as follows.- Captain Faarax Cabdi Cismaan
- Second Lieutentant Maxamed Axmed Aw Cismaaciil
- Faa'iid Cabdi Muxumed i.
Aside from the defections, reliable sources indicate that there is an increased infighting within the Woyane militias following the spectacular losses in the hands of the ONLA in the many parts of Ogaden.
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