The detained Somali transitional MPs who were jailed in parts of the Somali region under the control of Ethiopia have been released by the Ethiopian government, official told Shabelle radio on Tuesday.

Abdirahman Kulmiye Afrah, one of the Somali MPs said in an interview with Shabelle radio that the two Somali lawmakers and government officer were released from a prison in Ethiopian on Monday evening.

The MP said that the three detainees Abdullahi Mohamed Aden, MP, Hussein Gagale, MP and Ahmed Inji, one of the officers of the transitional government of Somalia were in the hand of the Ethiopian government for more than a month adding that they got their freedom once again after more efforts made by the transitional government of Somalia.

The lawmaker said that all the government officials were jailed illegally pointing out that they would search the main reason of their arrest adding that there were no any brutal actions committed as they were in the custody.

Reports say that detained MPs and also the officer were captured by the Ethiopians as they were heading to Hiran region in central Somalia and the release comes as there had been releasing efforts continuing in the country since they were arrested in Jig-Jiga town in the Somali region under Ethiopian before 45 days ago.