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Speaking to Keydmedia Online’s Mogadishu bureau, Capt. Mohamed Hassan, a Somali police officer said Hudeyfa made phone contacts with authorities before his defection to the government side.

The attack comes amid intensified military operations against Al-Shabaab in part of the country ahead of the elections.

Somali PM Mohamed Hussein Roble has named on Sunday a committee to ensure the 30% women's quota in the parliament. 

Kirby added that, like previous airstrikes, US forces were not on the ground with Somali forces but were conducting advisory and air support operations.

The Al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group has been waging attacks in Somalia and Kenya for a decade in an attempt to oust the government.

The Security forces raided the homes in the Deynile district within the northern part of the seaside city, nabbing suspects, mostly young men in the operation which comes ahead of the parliamentary election.

The terrorist group has captured a key town in the region early this month after the allied troops abandoned their bases without a fight. 

Farhan Ahmed Abdi, who also works for Radio Galgadud was detained while in line of duty, covering a protest by local Tuk-Tuk drivers outside the administrative headquarters in Dhusamareb city.

Somali Police Chief together with Turkish Counsellor for Security and Interior Affairs attended the farewell ceremony held at Mogadishu Airport.

The attack came hours after the army chief General Odowa Yusuf Rage arrived in the central town for a troop visit.

The outgoing leader has been a close ally of Abiy for the past three years, making an alliance in East Africa with Afwerki.

There has been growing evidence that Somali soldiers moved from their training camps in Eritrea moved to Ethiopia and involved in the Tigray war.