And when the decision was announced at Jigjiga, a riot occurred in which twenty-five Somalis lost their lives. Nevertheless, apart from this gesture of defiance, the population of the Ogaden as a whole bowed to the inevitable; and the transfer from British to Ethiopian control took place smoothly and without further incident on 23 September, 1948. This unexpectedly peaceful exchange, whether or not this was the intended effect, was no doubt facilitated by the disbursement amongst the Ogaden clansmen of some £91,000 by the departing British in settlement of all outstanding blood-dues and claims incurred during the period of British rule.

I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Som…, loc. 354