The New People’s Army (NPA) rebels released Thursday evening the mayoralty candidate in Baganga town abducted Wednesday afternoon in Barangay Campawan while campaigning in the area.
Sr. Supt. Jose Carumba, director of the Davao Oriental Provincial Police Office (DOPPO), said Ronie Sango Osnan, a businessman and among the leading mayoral candidates in the town, is now undergoing police debriefing in the provincial office.
He said the rebels released Osnan around 8 p.m. when they were able to establish contact with the abductors while looking for the candidate's whereabouts.
Carumba said he was told by a certain Ka Puro of the NPA rebels that Osnan was taken into custody for his alleged failure to pay permit to campaign to the revolutionary group.
Carumba said he was assured that Osnan is okay and treated well even as he negotiated for the unconditional release of the mayoral aspirant.
Carumba said Osnan was with a group of supporters in Barangay Campawan and were supposed to head back to the town proper when “invited” by a former classmate for a dialogue. He was then led to an undisclosed place in the area.
Osnan left his supporters behind and did not return. Hours later, an unidentified man approached Osnan’s supporters and told them to just head back to their respective homes because Osnan is being held by the NPAs for “non-observance of the permit to campaign policy.”
He is running for the first time against four other candidates that include incumbent Vice Mayor Arturo Monday and his brother Cecilio Monday; Roy Nazareno, son of outgoing Mayor Remegio Nazareno; and Belino Morales.
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