Somalia's former State Minister for Defense, Sheikh Yusuf Mohamed Siad aka Indha Adde has lambasted his own government for having hidden affairs with insurgent groups like Al-Shabaab and Hizbul Islam, Radio Garowe reports.

Indha Adde, a former warlord, told reporters in Mogadishu that several Somali government forces with their weapons including some 4,000 machine guns US donated, defected to the insurgent after government failed to pay their salaries.

“Trained Somali government forces with their weapons have joined the insurgents fight us, and this is the work of some members in the government,” he said.

Yusuf Indha Adde

"The soldiers are trained to fight so if the government fails to pay them then they will defect to the insurgents,” he added.

He supported the idea of dissolving the government led by Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharma'arke, arguing that it failed to fulfill its pledges of restoring peace and order in the country.

Indha Adde’s accusation come just hours after President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed dissolved the government and promised to appoint a new premier.

Latest revelations puts President Sharif’s administration, which is the 15th international attempt to restore peace and order in Somalia, into an awkward position to convince the world for support.

GAROWE ONLINE