Firdhiye was born in
Taleh in 1972. He received his primary and secondary education at
Las Anod. He studied Islamic Studies at
Umma University in
Kenya. In addition, he holds a degree in Business Administration from the
University of Nairobi. He lived in
Nairobi as assistant manager of Amal company in Nairobi. Since 2009, he has had the idea to make Khatumo independent, which affected his work and he was temporarily laid off from the company, but was reinstated shortly after. He was 51 years old at the time. On August 25, he visited a hospital in
Yagori and delivered a speech. At the speech, he reported that SSC-Khatumo had taken over the Somaliland Force's Gooja-Adde base east of
Las Anod. On August 26, he mentioned the exchange of prisoners of war with Somaliland. On August 27, Firdhiye asked the Somaliland government not to attack Las Anod. On August 29, Firdhiye visited
Guumays, welcomed Vice President of
Puntland. On September 15, Firdhiye demanded that the
Federal Government of Somalia recognize that SSC-Khatumo belongs to Somalia. On 6 October 2023, an SSC delegation led by Firdhiye was invited by Somalia Prime Minister
Hamza Abdi Barre to visit the Somalia capital Mogadishu. In response,
Faysal Ali Warabe, Chairperson of the Somaliland Opposition Party
UCID, said, "Firdhiye does not represent Las Anod and the town will eventually be returned to Somaliland." In December 2023, Fidhiye criticized the UK for undermining the autonomy of the SSC (Sool, Sanaag, Cayn) regions. On May 18, 2024 Firdhiye met with Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, former president president of the International Criminal Court, on the sidelines of a high level conference on Peace and justice in Italy. == Writing ==