(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Yemeni President Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi led a meeting of governors in the southern city of Aden yesterday as he resumed some of his duties after escaping house arrest in Sana'a.
The Western-backed leader fled to Aden on Saturday after sneaking out of his residence in the capital, where he was being held by a Shia militia group that has seized control of the city.
The militiamen, known as Houthis, have installed a "presidential" council aimed at replacing Hadi, who after his escape declared all their measures "null and illegitimate".
Yesterday, he received the governors of various southern Yemeni provinces, Aden governor Abdulaziz bin Habtoor said.
"The president will keep up his political efforts to lead from Aden," bin Habtoor told reporters after the meeting, which was also attended by army and security chiefs.
"His priority is to normalise the security situation in Aden in order to receive foreign delegates who have requested appointments to meet him," he said.
As the meeting began, sources close to Hadi said that one of his relatives, Nasser Ahmed Mansour Hadi, was abducted by Houthis on Saturday as he tried to leave Sana'a to join his uncle. Aden is jointly controlled by troops loyal to Hadi and an allied local militia known as the Popular Committees.
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