Osman threatened to sequester deputies until they named a premier.

Evidence

Egal asked the president to “avoid rushing through the premiership and the ministers.” Osman replied, “I told him not to worry, because I will avoid the occurrence of changes in the composition of the government. At worst I will convene all 120 deputies in one room and ask them to name one candidate to the premiership without letting them out until we accomplish our task and will them to dismantle the blocs.” — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 1365