Abdi Aden Magan, the former chief of the National Security Service of Somalia, also said he is immune from prosecution.
"So long as Magan acted within his official capacity and on behalf of the Somalian government, the conduct is immune from civil liability," according to Magan's filing in U.S. District Court in Columbus late Friday.
Magan, who has lived in Columbus since 2000, also said he faced his own ordeal in Somalia and had to flee after falling out of favor with the government. His two children were later killed by members of a rival clan in Somalia, Magan said.
In April, Abukar Hassan Ahmed sued Magan over the torture allegations in a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Columbus.
Ahmed, a lawyer now retired in London, says the three months of torture he endured make it painful for him to sit and injured his bladder to the point that he is incontinent.
The suit in U.S. District Court seeks unspecified damages from Magan, who served under
Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre as head of a unit dubbed the "Gestapo of Somalia," according to the lawsuit...http://terror freesomalia.blogspot.com/2 ... claim.html
