Somali Dictator’s Son Reportedly Living in Ohio Decades Later
Victims and activists are urging U.S. scrutiny as the dictator’s children lived in Columbus for decades, with one linked to more than $1.8 million in Medicare payments.
- The New York Post recently located Ayanle Mohamed Siad and Deka Mohamed Siad in Columbus, Ohio—two children of Somali dictator Siad Barre, whose regime killed an estimated 200,000 people, who have lived quietly in the state for more than three decades.
- Historian Mohamed Haji Ingiriis describes Ayanle as far more than a dictator's child, noting he served as his father's de facto ruler when Barre was temporarily unable to govern following an accident.
- Vanguard Home Health Care, operated by Deka and her late husband Abdikarim Ali Omar in Ohio, collected more than $1.8 million in Medicare payments before closing after Omar's death in 2021.
- Columbus is home to roughly 70,000 Somalis, many refugees from the regime; Ali-Guban Mohamed, 64, whose relatives were killed by Barre's forces, expressed shock at encountering the dictator's son at a local mosque.
- Former Somali defense minister Mohamed Ali Samantar was found liable for human rights abuses in federal court in 2012 and ordered to pay $21 million to victims, setting precedent for calls to investigate the Barre family's assets.
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Son of notorious Somali dictator reportedly living in Ohio decades after brutal regime's collapse – Democratic Accent
The son of former Somali dictator Mohamed Siad Barre, whose brutal regime was accused of widespread atrocities during his more than two decades in power, has been living in Ohio for years, according to a new report. Ayanle Siad Barre, 61, lives in the Columbus area, home to a large Somali community, the New York Post reported. The outlet also identified his sister, Deka Mohamed Siad, as living in Ohio. Their father ruled Somalia from 1969, until…
Son of notorious Somali dictator reportedly living in Ohio decades after brutal regime's collapse
Former Somali dictator Siad Barre's son has reportedly been living in Ohio for years near a large Somali community, prompting calls for a probe into human rights abuses.
Children of Somali dictator who massacred 200,000 living quietly in Ohio, linked to $1.8M Medicare-funded home health firm
Ayanle Mohamed Siad and his sister, Deka Mohamed Siad, have been living in Columbus, Ohio, after coming to the US following their father’s overthrow in 1991.
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