Osman privately suspected sixteen deputies of deceiving his supporters in 1961.

Evidence

The results of the first balloting were announced: 60 for me, 60 for Sheikh Ali, 1 vote annulled. It is clear that those who were fighting for me have been made fun of by at least 16 deputies, who deceived them. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 598

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

• XREF: Osman’s diary reveals behind-the-scenes factional treachery that the reader’s narrative of the 1960s will need to account for.

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