The irony is it was the Marehan themselves who respectfully decline to join.
Dude don't regard our interest for your inclusion as a compliment, we were only interested in expanding our political platform to gain bigger clout in Somali peace talks. You'd be used, every monkey sees that the whole thing doesn't make any sense and that Abudwak's inclusion to Puntland would only benefit Puntland.
That's why we forcefully took over LA just before the important elections in Nairobi, and didn't give a fuk about them afterwards. We play hard ball.