The governor, Mohamed Yussuf Jamaa blamed an unspecified group for being behind the assassination of the elder, Adan Farah Dheere.

He appealed to the locals in the region to help them apprehend and bring the assailants to justice.

Dheere was killed by unknown gunmen last Monday near Salahudin mosque in Garsor neighbourhood shortly after Isha prayer.

It is not yet known the motive and the identity of the killers who immediately escaped on foot from the crime scene.