At this point, it is fair to say secession poses more than a security threat, it is essentially trying to create a parallel identity that wants to rip Somali society apart.
Most pro-secession folks in the North are decent and reasonable, but there is a virulent small group that align themselves with any group that harms Somali people, everything from lending moral support to Afars attacking Somalis in Sitti, celebrating the dismissal of the Somali members of Ruto's cabinet to even defending Ethiopian Airlines which have been known to mistreat Somalis. And they became cheerleaders for Abiy and his cruel policies.