Four singers from the Hargeisa-based Music band Xidigaha Geeska who were returning home from Mogadishu was arrested by Somaliland security forces upon arival at Hargeisa airport today.
The singers held music, dance show in Nairobi and Mogadishu but what has prompted their apprehension are words that they spoke during their stay in Mogadishu and Nairobi denouncing Somaliland statehood.
This is not the first time that singers from Somaliland returnng from Mogadishu have been imprsioned.
There is a law in place which stipulates that any Somaliland citizen cannot hold office in Somalia government but the case of singers and musicians going to Mogadishu on earlier ocassions have been arrested.