Somalia: Al shabaab arrests 5 pro-ISIL commanders in Bu’ale town –

Reliable sources in Bu’ale town confirmed to somalireport  that Al shabaab have arrested five senior commanders who reportedly supported to the join the group in Islamic state of Iraq and Levant (ISIL).

The detained pro-ISIL commanders have been on mission to convince the members of Al shabaab to declare allegiance to Abu Bakar Al Baghdadi, the leader of Daesh, sources revealed.

Reports say Al shabaab stepped up crackdown and detention of pro-ISIL commanders in its ranks, after Galgala-based Sheikh Abdulkadir Mumin, a senior influential leader with at least 50 loyalist fighters announced allegiance to ISIL early this month.

The spokesman of Al shabaab Sheikh Ali Dhere vowed to punish the members trying to break up the unity of the group, which joined in Al Qaeda in 2012 during the rule of the slain leader Ahmed Godane who was killed in U.S. airstrike in September last year.