Ato Bedru Adem, the notorious member of the Hailu Shawel gang, is back in Ethiopia after Ato Hailu pushed him out of his inner circle for being too demanding and asking t.o many sensitive questions of financial nature. He is now threatening Ato Hailu’s group in Addis Ababa led by Abayneh Berhanu with exposure of their secrets if they do not comply with his demands. Reportedly, Ato Bedru’s demands include: 1) A position in the executive committee of AEUP, Hailu’s former party that has now been revived; 2) report on the financial activities of the group; and 3) fat salary.
Meanwhile, the Shawel gang itself is disintegrating after Ato Hailu started to distance himself from Ato Moges Bruck and Shaleqa Yoseph Yazew who stole or diverted hundreds of thousands dollars of Kinijit’s funds. Solomon Bekele, Mirchaw Sinishaw and several other members of the gang have also left angry over the way they were being treated by Hailu Shawel and the EPRP mafia that has surrounded him — Dr Taye Woldesemayat, Mesfin Mekonnen, and Assefa Dires.
Yesterday, Sunday, the Shawel gang had held a public meeting in Washington DC at the Convention Center. Members of the gang from several cities were in town. According to ER sources who were inside the hall, there were about 150 people attending the meeting — most of whom from out of town. The meeting was ignored by every Ethiopian media. Even a small idir gets more attention than the totally discredited Shawel gang that continues to make news only because Woyanne is using them against Kinijit.