"I am a human being, and every human being is against dictatorship and I will continue to denounce it," he told AFP in June 2002.
" Anniga waxa aan ahay bini'aadam, qof kasta oo bini aadam ahan waa uu ka soo horjeedaa xukun kaliya taliyanimo waan sii wadi doonaa in aan arrintaas ka soo horjeedo xittaa haddii aan ku laabto Sudan" ayuu ku sheegay wareesiga ay la yeelatay AFP bishii Jun 2002.