Barnaamijka Abaalmarinta Caddaalaadda ayaa bixinaysa abaalmarin gaaraysa illaa 10 milyan oo dollar ku bixinaysa ciddii soo sheegta Axmed Diiriye, oo sidoo kale loo yaqaan Axmed Cumar iyo Abuu Cubeyda. Abuu Cubeyda ayaa ah hogaamiyaha Al-Shabaab—xilkaas oo uu hayay tan iyo markii uu geeriyooday hogaamiyihii hore ee Al-Shabaab Axmed Cabdi Godane. Abuu Cubeyda wuxuu qeyb ka ahaa dadkii Godane ugu dhowaa xiligii geerida Godane.
Ka hor inta uusan Godane bedelin, Abuu Cubeyda waxa uu Al-Shabaab ka soo qabtay xilal dhowr ah oo ay ka mid yihiin kaaliye Godane, guddoomiye ku xigeenkii gobolka Jubbada Hoose ee Soomaaliya 2008-dii, iyo guddoomiyihii Al-Shabaab ee gobollada Baay iyo Bakool inta lagu jiray sanadkii 2009-kii. Ugu dambaytii sannadkii 2013-kii, waxa uu la taliye sare u ahaa Godane, waxaana uu ka soo shaqeeyay “Waaxda Arrimaha Gudaha,”ee al-Shabaab, halkaas oo uu kula socon jiray dhaq-dhaqaaqa gudaha ee kooxda. Wuxuu Godane la wadaagaa aragtida al-Shabaab ee weerarrada argagixisada al-Shabaab ee Soomaaliya oo ah mid ah himilooyinka waaweyn ee al-Qaacida.
Taariikhdu markay ahayad 21da bisha Abriil, 2015, Waaxda Arrimaha Dibadda ee Maraykanka ayaa Abu Ubaidah waxay u magawday inay yihiin Argaggixiso Caalami oo Gaar ah markii loo hiigsaday Amarrada Dowliga ee 13224, sida la baddalay. U aqoonsigan, iyo cawaaqibyada kale darteed, dhammaan hantida, iyo danaha hanti, ee Abu Ubaidah hoos timaadaa xukunka Mareykanka waa la xannibay, guud ahaan shaqsiyaadka Mareykankana waxaa laga mamnuucay inay wax fulin heshiis-ganacsi ah ay Abu Ubaidah la sameeyaan. Taa waxaa raacsan, waa dembi in si oggaal ah loo bixiyo, ama la isku dayo ama la maleego in la bixiyo, ilo ama taageero maaddi ah loo gudbiyo al-Shabaab, ayaa Mareynka u magawday inay tahay Urur Argaggixiso Shisheeye.