The face of Abdirahim Mohamed- one of #GarissaAttack terrorists. He was a Nairobi University Law graduate

One of the four  Alshabab militants who stormed Garissa university college killing 148 plus students has been identified as Abdirahim Mohamed Abdullahi the son of a Kenya Government administrative  Chief in Mandera

Abdirahim Mohamed is a university of Nairobi Law graduate and is described by a person who knows him well as a “brilliant upcoming lawyer”

Before his admission to the University of Nairobi where he studied Law LLB he was a student at WAMY High School and  scored an A-  in KCSE  in 2007 according to one of his teachers

“He is the man in stripped shirts. He graduated from the University of Nairobi in 2013” a source based in Mandera known to Abdirahim and family told me

“He is the son of Chief Daqara” he concluded

Abdullahi  Daqara  is  the Chief of Bulla Jamhuri in Mandera county

A second source who identified himself as Abdirahim Mohamed’s English teacher at Wamy High said he was an obedient student

“I taught him. He was a very close friend before he got radicalized” said the teacher. Wamy is one of the best performing private schools in Kenya and appeared on the top 100 best schools in 2014 KCSE topping in Biology nationwide 

“He was one year behind me  at Wamy. He was very bright and intelligent guy wallahi. I knew that he had joined Alshabab but i didnt expect him to kill those innocent lives” another former schoolmate told me “the guy used to be humble and harmless” a fourth source a  University friend of the slain militant told me “he always looked busy with Law Books” the shocked  friend added

The bodies of the slain Alshabab militants were publicly displayed by authorities in Garissa town after residents demands

Abdirahim who is from the Degodia clan   is said to have  gone missing from his Mandera home one year ago with the talk that he had joined somali militant group Alshabab or travelled to Syria

Abdirahim is said to have opted to cross over to join Alshabab after efforts to join Islamic State in Syria became impossible as he had no passport

Abdirahim’s class mate and best friend at Wamy High School named Mohamed “Atom”  managed to fly to Turkey and cross over into Syria to join IS. Atom hails from Rhamu Mandera

A classmate of Abdirahim Mohamed Atom whom I will only identify as Aboud told me in an interview about the only known Kenyan IS fighter. “This Mohamed Atom was my classmate. he wasn’t that religious alikuwa anachonga (Chewed Khat) na kunywa pombe (drunk alcohol)” Aboud

“The last time I saw him was back in 2012 in Mombasa. He was speaking a lot about jihad. He used to come to Moimbasa from Nairobi for lectures at Masjid Musa”  Aboud  recalls. Atom dropped out of an undergraduate course at the  University of Nairobi to chase for his Jihadi dream in Syria

A third close  friend and classmate at Wamy named Khalid nicknamed “Calypso” joined Alshabab together with Abdirahim. Abdirahim had previously had a stint as a Legal officer at a Kenyan bank  according to one of  his College mates

This is Chief Abdullahi of Bulla Jamhuri Reaction

” I have  buried Rahim long ago but the fact that his own blood took the lives of 100 innocent lives gives him enough regrets in live that has forever taken away his hopes of living humbly” as issued by a close family member

Scribbles by Yassin