By
Jong Cadion
ZAMBOANGA
CITY (March 28, 2018) - As President Duterte received 76 Abu Sayyaf surrendered on Tuesday (March 27) in Sulu and another notorious Abu surrendered to Joint Task Force Tawi-Tawi Commander Brigadier
General Custodio Parcon, in Brgy Sanga-Sanga,
Bongao, Tawi-tawi at 10am Tuesday (March 27), military official said.
Western
Mindanao Command (WestMinCom) PIO Cpt Jo-Ann D Petinglay disclosed that the soldiers
of the Marine Battalion Landing Team 9 successfully facilitated the surrender
of Rizal Karaman, a cohort of the late KFRG leader Butchoy Hassan. Karaman also
turned over his cal .30 garand rifle to the soldiers upon his surrender. He was
subjected to a medical checkup to ensure that any medical conditions be given
attention.
Cpt
Petinglay also said that on March 26, Abu Sayyaf member Alnijul Caray Aspi,
a.k.a. Misang also surrendered to Lieutenant Colonel Ronaldo Mateo of the 32nd
Infantry Battalion at the headquarters in Barnagay Bon-Bon, Patikul, Sulu. Aspi,
24 years old and a resident of Barangay Lipunos, Parang, Sulu, is a follower of
ASG sub-leader Majan Sahidjuan, a.k.a. Apoh Mike. He also turned over an M1
Garand (Springfield) rifle. Aspi underwent a custodial debriefing conducted by
the JTF Sulu troops.
From
January 1, 2017 to March 27, 2018, a total of 204 Abu Sayyaf members yielded to
the Joint Task Forces in the joint area of operations, 85 of whom surrendered
in Basilan, 80 in Sulu, 37 in Tawi-Tawi, and two in Zamboanga City, she added.
“This
only manifests the progress that we are attaining in our all-out offensives to
defeat the Abu Sayyaf Group in ZamBaSulTa area, particularly in the province of
Sulu, and we are elated to have the support of Suluanons,” said Lieutenant
General Carlito G. Galvez, Jr., Commander of the Western Mindanao Command. “We
believe that, in time, we will bring about the peace and development in Sulu.”
“The
President’s message is very clear, he will be open to accept Abusayyaf surrenderers
if they decide to do such and they will be made to undergo programs that are
similar to that of the enhanced CLIP of the NPA surrenderers,” added LtGen
Galvez.
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