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November 11, 2020 (Ezega.com) – Ethiopian police said they detained 17 high-ranking military officers, including army generals, who allegedly caused a communication failure between the central command of the national defense force and its Northern regiment in the Tigray region.
The federal police accused high-ranking military officials (all Tigrigna speaking members) of collaborating with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) board in the massacre of undisclosed members of the defense force within the division. Northern command by hacking into the communications system.
Police in a statement said Major General Gebremedhin Fikadu, nicknamed Wedi Necho, who was head of the communications department at the Addis Ababa headquarters, is the prime suspect of sabotaging the communications system and forcibly diverting it from the TPLF.
The military officers are charged with treason and prior to his appointment as head of the defense force’s communications department, Major General Gebermedihin Fikadu had been working as a commander of the special force and Agazi.
According to the police statement, the Gebremedhin was caught red-handed while attempting to send several bombs and missile accessories packed in eleven boxes under the cover of communication equipment to the TPLF force in the Tigray region.
The 17 soldiers along with their subordinates were apprehended by joint operations of the Federal Police and members of the National Defense Force. The federal police promised to expose
According to the federal police commission, the suspects committed treason by creating favorable conditions for the TPLF after cutting off communication systems between the northern and central command.
“Setting aside the responsibility entrusted to them by the government, the Ethiopian people and the defense army,” they joined the TPLF conspiracy by exposing the defense force to attack, the statement said.
Meanwhile, some 14 members of a rebel group from the Oromo Liberation Front also known as Shene have been killed in the Guji Zone of the Oromia Region during an operation carried out by the Oromia government.
According to the chief administrator of the Guji area, Tadelle Udo, 17 more OLF Shene members were injured, while another 13 members were held in the custody of the security forces.
The regional government security forces have taken action against the armed group in collaboration with community members in the area, he said.
He said that three members of the TPLF and other people, who were fighting with the rebel group. they were also arrested.
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