ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትሩን ጨምሮ የመንግሥት ባለሥልጣናት ግን ወቀሳውን በመካድ ሊገድሉት ቢፈልጉ መጀመሪያውንም የደኅንነት ጥበቃ እንደማያቆሙለት ተናግረዋል።
But government authorities, including Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, denied Mohammed’s allegation, saying if they wanted him to get killed, they would not have provided him with security in the first place.