Mohamed Osman Irro


Mohamud Osman Irro , also known as Mohamud Sheikh Osman Irro or Mohamoud Sheikh Osman Irro, was a prominent Somali military figure.
He was head of a group of soldiers that led the failed coup in 1978. Dictator Mohamed Siad Barre announced that Irro betrayed the nation, military and the council and soon after his trial, he ordered his execution.

Biography

A Colonel in the Somali National Army, Mohamud Sheikh Osman Irro was among the military officials that were executed by the government on suspicion of involvement in the abortive 1978 coup d'état. He was held to have been the group leader, along with alleged Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, and alleged co-conspirator Abdullahi Ahmed Irro.
Most of the officers who had helped plot the coup, including the coup leader Colonel Mohamed Osman Irro were tried by court marshal, found guilty and executed. Others, including fellow Frunze Military Academy graduate Colonel Abdullahi Yussuf Ahmed, managed to escape abroad. Yet others including Colonel Abdullahi Ahmed Irro and the Chief of the National Police General Abdullahi Matukade court martialled and found not guilty after the military court could not find evidence of collaboration with Mohamed Osman Irro