[2] On April 10, 1983, SNM Colonel Abdillahi Askar was captured by the 26th Sector of Hargeisa, Somali armed forces.

[3] At the time, Koodbur was secretly involved in the SNM and was also the public relations officer for the 26th Sector of the Somali armed forces Hargeisa.

[3] During this operation, Koodbur was temporarily detained, and two of his fellow workers were killed.

[4] In 1983, the SNM decided to create a local Somaliland military committee in addition to its headquarters in London.

Its members were Lihle, Abdillahi Askar, Aadan Salebaan, Ibrahim Koodbuur and Hassan Yonis Habane.