LSK president Charles Kanjama disclosed Thursday, November 12, the development but cautioned that the information was still being verified at the time he spoke. The society had spent nearly two weeks pursuing legal and institutional channels to establish Abdi's whereabouts, issuing a statement as recently as November 9 to say his location remained unknown.
LSK's Legal and Street Campaign The case had already reached the High Court at Milimani, where habeas corpus proceedings were held on November 5. The court was set to deliver its ruling on November 10, the same day LSK called on advocates to assemble at Milimani Law Courts before marching to Jogoo House, the seat of the Ministry of Interior and National Administration, to demand a formal response to an earlier memorandum. On November 6, LSK organised a Purple Ribbon Protest March and delivered that memorandum to the Office of the Inspector General of the National Police Service, pressing for urgent investigations and accountability.
"We are hearing terms that are completely contrary to the constitutional design," Kanjama said. He stressed that accountability could not be limited to those who physically carry out abductions. It must, in his view, extend to those who fund the operations, issue orders, or remain silent in full knowledge of what is taking place.
Abdi's case is one of two the society is actively pursuing. Kanjama said LSK was simultaneously demanding the production in court of another individual identified only as Ayyub, or at minimum a credible confirmation of his safety. "We feel that we have made progress in court. We shall continue with our demos on the streets until Abshir and Ayyub are safe and returned to their families," Kanjama said. On November 9, LSK declared that it would sustain all lawful interventions until Abdi was back and those responsible faced consequences, warning that "danger to one advocate is danger to all."
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