Shabab militia patrol Bakara Market in Mogadishu on October 4, 2009. (Abdurashid Abikar/AFP/Getty Images)
Sheikh Yusuf Mohammad Siad, a former warlord also known as "Inda'ade" or "white eyes", was bundled into an unmarked car by security agents on Tuesday, initially triggering fears among relatives and colleagues that he had been kidnapped.
"The state minister for defence, Inda'ade, has been released. He is in the Somali embassy with me," Somali Ambassador Siid Ahmed Sheikh Dahir told Reuters.
