ZAMBOANGA CITY (March
04, 2018) - Four Abu Sayyaf members in Sulu surrenders to the soldiers of the
2nd Special Forces Battalion of the Joint Task Force Sulu at 8:30AM, Saturday
(March 3), military official said.
Western Mindanao
Command (WestMinCom) Cpt Jo-Ann D Petinglay disclosed that Raddoh Jamah and
Saddam Hussein, both residents of Talipao Sulu; Okim Jikiri and Abdulsali Abda Abdulkarim
both of Omar, Sulu voluntarily turned-over their firearms to the soldiers upon
their surrender. Jamah and Hayudani are former members of Abu Sayyaf Subleader Sibih
Pisih while Jikiri and Abdulrahim are trusted followers of Alhabsy Misaya.
Cpt Petinglay said
that turned-over firearms were one M16 rifle, two Garand rifles, and one (1)
Colt cal .45 pistol. They are currently at the headquarters of the 2nd SFBn at
Sitio Bayug, Brgy Samak, Talipao and will be brought to headquarters JTF SULU,
Brgy Bus-Bus, Jolo, Sulu for their medical examination and custodial
debriefing.
“We greatly
attribute the current surrenders to the efforts of the local government of Sulu
and the information from those Abus who surrendered earlier,” said Brigadier
General Cirilito Sobejana, Commander, Joint Task Force Sulu.
“Those who are
still hiding have come out after they saw that the government was serious in
giving them a second chance to live a peaceful life.”
Cpt Petinglay further
said that for 2018 alone, a total of 28 ASG personalities have already
surrendered in WMC JAO, broken down as follows: 10 in Basilan, 16 in Sulu, and
2 in Tawi-Tawi. WestMinCom has accumulated a total of 186 ASG surrenderees
since 2017 and continue to process feelers as it sustains the campaign against
the bandit group particularly in BaSulTa area.
"We will
maintain the momentum and we will cater and process future Abu Sayyaf surrenderees
with the support of all the Governors, Mayors and Barangay officials of the
region including the traditional and religious leaders," Lieutenant
General Carlito G Galvez, Jr., Commander of the Western Mindanao Command said.
"The AFP
through WestMinCom will continue the pressure and sustain the strategic
alliance with our partners in eradicating the ASG menace and terror threats in
Western Mindanao.”
“As long as the
community and the local government units are with us in this fight, we will
surely accomplish our mission,” declares the WestMinCom Commander.
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