Ethiopia’s paranoid dictator has purged several senior Oromo officials in the Oromo People’s Democratic Movement (OPDO), an affiliate party of the ruling Tigray People’s Liberation Front (Woyanne).
Some of the senior officials who have been arrested recently include Zelalem Jemaneh, OPDO executive committee member; and Daba Debele, OPDO central council member and head of Addis Ababa Capacity Building Bureau.
So far, 150 OPDO officials have been rounded up and thrown in jail. The reason given for the arrests is corruption, which is a well known tactic by Meles Zenawi to remove potential opponents.