SNA commander Ahmed Mohamed Tredishe said Bishar Mumin Afrah surrendered himself at Hiran in central Somalia.
Gen Tredishe told the Somali National News Agency (Sonna) that the Al-Shabaab official surrendered to the 52th Division of the SNA in Buloburte town, 200km north of Mogadishu.
“Afrah deserted Al-Shabaab and surrendered to SNA, carrying with him two AK47 assault rifles and large amounts of ammunition,” said Gen Tredishe.
Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo in February offered pardon to any Al-Shabaab member who renounces the jihadist ideology. He promised a demobilisation and reintegration into the mainstream society.
Meanwhile, a lower court at Nugal in Puntland, Wednesday sentenced eight people to varying jail terms for possessing alcoholic drinks.
A total of nine people, eight men and one woman, appeared before the court, all of them accused of being involved in the illegal liquor trade.
The accused were apprehended during security checks in Garowe town, in northern Somalia.
A public prosecutor displayed an assortment of drinks the accused were charged with possessing.