Riyadh holds Socotra governor in Hadi’s gov’t at UAE request

RIYADH, Sept. 12 (YPA) – Saudi authorities in Riyadh are holding Ramzi Mahrous, governor of Socotra Island province appointed by Hadi, at the request of the UAE to hold him accountable.

“Saudi Arabia confined Mahrous in Riyadh and prevented him from returning to the Island, after the UAE asked it to do so,” sources close to Hadi’s government told Yemen Press Agency.

Mahrous has arrived in Riyadh recently after a medical trip to the Egyptian capital Cairo, after leading the demonstrations against the presence of the UAE occupation on the island of Socotra months ago.

According to the sources, Mahrous was summoned to Riyadh to question him about leading those protests in Socotra, and accordingly he was prevented from leaving the kingdom.

YPA