According to Abdullahi Hantiwadaag, the former head of Radio Mogadishu, the Somali National News Agency (SONNA) escorted a group of international journalists to Godey on July 25, 1977, a day after the Somali Army captured Godey. Col. Abdullah Ahmed Irro met with the delegation of journalists in Godey. Some Italian journalists questioned Irro as a Somali officer of the rank colonel or General masquerading as WSLF commander. The Italian reporter insisted Italians know Somalis well and Irro could not possibly be a member of the rebel group fighting Ethiopia. The implication is that Somalia's regular army invaded Ethiopia.
