ONM-ABO, 26 June 2026
The regional administration has weaponized the rollout of the new national digital identity cards to perpetrate massive financial fraud against the population of East Wollega and West Hararghe. In the Haroo Caalchisii and Kichii kebeles of Waayyuu Tuqaa district, alongside the Gaaddisa Odaa kebele of Guutoo Giddaa district, PP cadres are forcefully extracting 700 Birr per person under the guise of digital registration fees. Impoverished families who cannot afford this arbitrary sum are immediately barred from accessing vital agricultural inputs, including state-rationed fertilizers, effectively destroying their seasonal crop potential. Concurrently, a horrific humanitarian crisis has emerged at the Baddeessa Town Public Hospital in Odaa Bultum district, West Hararghe. The hospital’s chief administrator, Abdulwuhaab Orgobbaa, has been systematically embezzling international medical shipments and pharmaceutical supplies, redirecting them to private clinics for personal enrichment. As a direct consequence of this corruption, pregnant Oromo mothers are completely denied basic obstetric care and lifesaving medications. Among the numerous mothers currently facing severe birth complications without any medical assistance are Ms Badrii Ruduwaan, Ms Ashee Umar, Ms Biiftuu Maammad, Ms Raayaan Adami, and Ms Mustaari’aa Huseen. To further compound this misery, the town’s revenue office has introduced predatory transit taxes, extorting 500 Birr per ox and 400 Birr per sheep from rural herders entering the local market.
An extrajudicial execution shocked residents of Qilxuu Qancarree kebele in Sayyoo Noolee district, West Wollega. A young Oromo girl named Suutumee Iddoosaa Xiiqii, who suffered from severe, visible psychological trauma, was targeted by a patrolling unit of fascist PP soldiers while she was herding family cattle in an open field. The soldiers confronted the vulnerable girl, demanding at gunpoint that she lead them to a suspected OLA defensive position. When Suutumee, due to her cognitive disability, stated she had no knowledge of such matters, the soldiers opened fire, killing her on the spot. This unending brutality has led to a profound moral crisis and subsequent disintegration within the regime’s own military ranks. An elite counter-insurgency soldier named Abdii, who was assigned as a high-security bodyguard to a top military commander in Hararu district, executed a self-terminating act of protest by turning his weapon on himself in the Warra Daanyaa sector of Tokkummaa Congee kebele. Prior to his death, Abdii, a native of Qellem Wollega, had repeatedly attempted to desert the army to avoid executing civilians. Similarly, the administrative architecture in Gaawoo Qeebbee district has begun to collapse; the Mayor of Harroojjii town, Lalisaa Tarfaasaa, alongside the district PP chairman, Milkiyaas, completely abandoned their government posts and fled into hiding this week, following severe internal death threats from rival military commanders.
A sweeping operation of arbitrary mass arrests has transformed Dafqallaa kebele in Deedoo district, Jimma Zone, into a zone of intense state terror. Paramilitaries have been conducting forced home invasions, shattering private doors to abduct citizens from their beds. Among those currently undergoing severe interrogation are Hajii Shee Jihaad, Biiniyaam Shee Nuuruu, Haarun Hajii, Abdoo Hajii, Muzammil Xahaa, Naajii Jabal, Obsee Kamaal, Hamzaa Habiib, Efireem Tasfaayee, and Saaliyaa Haarun. The arrests were triggered by generalized panic among local commanders following intelligence reports of OLA tactical movements nearby. Simultaneously, in Haroo Qumbaa kebele within Jimma Arjoo district, East Wollega, local administrators named Mitikkuu and Taarikuu Nagaasaa have initiated a violent financial shakedown. Leading armed squads from house to house, these officials are extorting 1,500 Birr per household under the fraudulent banner of “militia logistics support,” alongside an additional 1,000 Birr under the pretext of school funding. The regime has transformed the resulting payment receipts into internal passports; any civilian caught traveling on public roads without these extortion receipts is immediately detained and labeled an insurgent collaborator.
The specialized “120” death squads, an elite paramilitary network established by Sheger City and federal security chiefs, have executed a shocking public assassination in Amboo town, West Shewa. An outstanding 11th-grade student named Tsaggaa Baqqalee was ambushed by the hit squad while returning home from a place of worship. Tsaggaa, who was in the middle of preparing for his final second-semester examinations, was executed in broad daylight. The “120” units continue to utilize absolute state immunity to kidnap affluent civilians for ransom and execute students suspected of hosting Oromo nationalist sentiments. In Naqamtee city, a similar campaign of systemic youth destruction has been documented. Two brothers, Lalisaa Lammeessaa and Gaaromaa Lammeessaa, have been subjected to brutal torture inside the city’s central prison for over four consecutive months without any formal judicial presentation. Lalisaa was a national 12th-grade university entrance examination candidate; due to his arbitrary imprisonment, he has been forced to miss three consecutive examination cycles, entirely shattering his academic future. His brother, Gaaromaa, has developed severe psychological trauma as a direct result of the continuous physical torture inflicted upon him by prison guards.
A highly lucrative extortion hub has been institutionalized by federal forces along the vital transport corridor in Madhichoo kebele, Ciroo district, West Hararghe. Setting up heavily armed blockades between the Yaaddoo Shonboqqoo and Yaaddoo Bobbaasaa transit junctions, regime troops are systematically looting civilian travelers. Commuters are forcefully pulled from buses and commercial vehicles; if they lack cash to satisfy the immediate demands of the soldiers, they are beaten and detained under the fabricated accusation of being high-profile security suspects. A transit operator, who spoke on condition of absolute anonymity due to severe safety considerations, confirmed that the soldiers are systematically extorting between 500 and 1,000 Birr from motorcycle riders, motorized bajaj operators, and commercial freight drivers at gunpoint. This highway robbery has effectively disrupted local commerce, forcing many transport workers to completely abandon their routes, which has triggered acute shortages of basic goods in the surrounding towns.
