The former militant commander had a five million US dollars bounty on his head, which was recently removed by the US State Department.
But Al-Shabab now fears that ABU MANSUR was planning to surrender to the Somali federal government, which they oppose.
Somalia’s former Defence Minister ABDIHAKIM FIQI confirmed that disagreement emerged between ABU MANSUR and other al-Shabab leaders some time ago and has since been in indirect talks with the government.
