Haji was born in 1964 in Seemada, a village near the Jariban District in the Mudug province of the autonomous Puntland region in northeastern Somalia.
He subsequently ran for Parliament Speaker during the 2014 Puntland elections, winning the third round ballot 40 votes to 26 votes against the runner-up, former Speaker of Parliament MP Abdirashid Mohamed Hersi of Mudug.
20 days later, on August 25 former Mudug region Governor Abdinur Mohamud Dirie Geesey was arrested and charged with the murder.
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On 26 May 2012 Sheikh Omar was injured in a road accident between Dagari and Galkayo in the Mudug region of Somalia.