Abaq
VIP
The case is very simple, we never signed up to join Somalia Italiana. Unlike Mijertenia and the South which was conquered by conquest and colonised after being forced to sign the dotted line, or Somaliland which willingly joined Somalia Italiana, we never experienced either of those things.
This is the land the Ogaden Waamo Sultanate controlled in 1888, all the land between the Jubba and Tana rivers and down to the coast including the coastal towns of Lamu, Kismayo and in between:
We then signed an agreement of protection with the British in 1896 to make Jubaland (all the above territories including NEP and current Jubaland) a British Protectorate (indigenous self-governance to remain as per the terms of the agreement):
The British betrayed us and broke this agreement when it ceded Jubaland to Italy in 1925 (British kept NFD). The Italians forcefully added Jubaland to its Somalia Italiana colony (no more self-rule) even though it only controlled the Kismayo area. The British then betrayed us again by adding NFD to the Kenya colony after a few years.
Point between, the Waamo Ogaden sultanate was a sovereign entity that signed an agreement of protection with the British (it was never colonised), just like Thailand signed with the British. We never relinquished our sovereignty nor did we agree to our lands being partitioned, nor did we agree to join Somalia Italiana. All of that was forced on us ILLEGALLY.
We therefore have every right to leave the failed Somalia Italiana project just as the former British Protectorate of Somaliland has done (the mistake they made is they agreed to join Somalia Italiana).
This is the land the Ogaden Waamo Sultanate controlled in 1888, all the land between the Jubba and Tana rivers and down to the coast including the coastal towns of Lamu, Kismayo and in between:
We then signed an agreement of protection with the British in 1896 to make Jubaland (all the above territories including NEP and current Jubaland) a British Protectorate (indigenous self-governance to remain as per the terms of the agreement):
The British betrayed us and broke this agreement when it ceded Jubaland to Italy in 1925 (British kept NFD). The Italians forcefully added Jubaland to its Somalia Italiana colony (no more self-rule) even though it only controlled the Kismayo area. The British then betrayed us again by adding NFD to the Kenya colony after a few years.
Point between, the Waamo Ogaden sultanate was a sovereign entity that signed an agreement of protection with the British (it was never colonised), just like Thailand signed with the British. We never relinquished our sovereignty nor did we agree to our lands being partitioned, nor did we agree to join Somalia Italiana. All of that was forced on us ILLEGALLY.
We therefore have every right to leave the failed Somalia Italiana project just as the former British Protectorate of Somaliland has done (the mistake they made is they agreed to join Somalia Italiana).