[7] In March 2008, Tiiceey left the United States, with the support of the Somali diaspora, to form Himan and Heeb, an autonomous Habar Gidir-controlled regional administration located in the west of Galgadug and covering the South Central Somali Districts of Adado, Godinlabe, Bahdo, Gelinsor, Amara, El Hur, Harardhere, and Hobyo.

In response, Tiiceey, as Chairman and later President of Himan and Heb,[7] worked to reconcile warring groups, build schools and clinics, dig wells, and establish a functioning government structure.

[8] Thanks to Tiiceey's formidable efforts, the people of Himan and Heeb and its surrounding regions enjoyed relative peace and stability.

with transforming Adado and its surrounding villages between 2008 and 2011 by promoting peace through instituting a functioning police force, establishing many new business enterprises, new schools, and new rules on self-governing structures that included Islamic courts, police stations, jails, legal checkpoints, municipal council's offices, and revenue collection centres.

In some cases, Tiiceey extorted tens of thousands of dollars from aggrieved parties for granting permission to land a plane, which was usually about $200.

Tiiceey is also suspected of providing the pirates with all the necessary funds and assistance to ensure uninterrupted communication and negotiations with representatives of the captured vessels.

[11] On 30 April, he visited Galkayo, the capital of the Mudug region, and was greeted by Galmudug officials, military personnel, and community members.

[4][5] According to the Somali media, the arrest was "the result of the Belgium authorities’ overreaction and lack of understanding of the power dynamics of this particular region of Somalia.

Tiiceey's wife and a member of the Somali Habar Gidir clan, Shamsa Aptidon, appealed to the Somali-American Diaspora and the US government to intervene and demanded the immediate release of her husband.

Members of the Hawiye clan, family, friends, and Iman Sheikh Hassan Mahmoud "Jamichi" of the Dawa Islamic Institute mosque in Saint Paul spoke at the "Minnesotans for Tiiceey" event.

[7] During an interview on 7 June 2014 with a Somali website, the official representative of Himan and Heb, Arais Mohamed Haji, was asked to provide an update on the incarceration of Tiiceey and Afweyne in Belgium.

Since their detention, the Himan and Heeb regional government has spared no efforts, legally and diplomatically, to secure the release of the two men.

On 23 July 2015, Abdirahman Mohamed Hussein Odova, the Minister of Internal Affairs and Federalism of Somalia, called on the Galmudug leadership to work for the release of Tiiceey.