Most former leaders were acquitted while only six faced continued detention

Evidence

Osman Munye read the case against each prisoner, and for most of them he declared that they were not guilty. The entire session of the court lasted no more than two hours. Before the session came to an end, Munye told the court that the government had strong cases against six of the prisoners: Egal, Aden Isaak, Abdillahi Jireh, Yassin, Ali Alio, and Omer Maalin (three Northerners and three Southerners). The judge and his assistants privately consulted on the cases and came back to the court. The judge called the name of each detainee, except the last six, and told him he was free to go. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 1049