Tsohon Sakatariyar Harkokin Wajen Amurka Hillary Clinton ta yi Allah wadai da shawarar hana alkalin wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na Somaliya Omar Artan shiga Amurka, inda aka zaɓe shi don tsakanci wasannin FIFA World Cup 2026.
Hukumar Customs and Border Protection ta Amurka ta tabbatar da cewa Artan ya tashi daga Istanbul zuwa Miami, amma an mayar da shi a iyaka. Bayan haka, FIFA ta tabbatar da cewa Artan — alkalin wasan Somaliya tilo da ke cikin jerin ƙarshe na alkalai na gasar — an tsayar da shi lokacin da ya isa.
Awowi goma sha ɗaya a filin jirgin sama
A cewar New York Times, Artan ya shafe awowi 11 ana tambayarsa a filin jirgin sama na Miami International Airport, inda aka yi masa tambayoyi game da ra'ayoyinsa na siyasa da dalilan tafiyarsa. Ya gaya wa jarida: "Ina tsammanin suna da matsala da ƙasata."
Artan ya ce ya nuna takardun FIFA ɗinsa, shaidun aikin tsakancin wasansa, da kuma visa ɗinsa — wanda aka ba shi mako guda da ya wuce a cewar Ofishin Jakadancin Somaliya da ke Kenya. Duk da haka, an mayar da shi gida kafin ya haɗu da abokan aikinsa na alkalai da suke Miami don horarwa.
Hukumar Customs ta ambaci "damuwar tantancewa" a matsayin dalilin yanke shawarar, yayin da Somaliya ke cikin ƙasashen da gwamnatin Trump ta sanya ƙuntatacciyar dokar tafiya.
Clinton: "Abin kunya ne kuma mai ta'azzara"
Clinton ta raba labarin a asusun X ɗinta, tana sukar halayyar Amurka ga jami'an da suka zo yin aiki a ƙasar. Ta rubuta: "A matsayin ƙasar mai masaukin baki ta World Cup, Amurka bai kamata ta kasance tana hana jami'ai shiga ƙasar don yin ayyukansu ba cikin sakaci. Abin kunya ne kuma mai ta'azzara. Hakan kuma bai dace ba; gasar wasanni ta duniya ya kamata ta inganta musayar ra'ayi da dangantakar ƙasa da ƙasa, ba akasin haka ba."
Jami'an Somaliya na ƙoƙarin warware batun da wuri-wuri. Artan daga gefe ɗinsa ya nuna kyakkyawan fata, yana cewa: "Duk da yanayin, ina cikin fara'a kuma ina mai da hankali kan kalubalen gaba a aikin tsakanci na. Ina so in yi godiya ga FIFA da [ƙungiyar Afirka] saboda dukkanin goyon bayansu, kuma ina alƙawarin kiyaye matakin tsakanci na yayin da nake mai da hankali kan gaba."
