Unidentified armed men tried but failed to take away the more than P5 million cash money the Maguindanao provincial treasurer was carrying with him when he was ambushed Friday afternoon, police said.
Senior Supt. Rodelio Jocson, Maguindanao police director, said the money was found intact although provincial treasurer Osmenia Bandila and his two police escorts were wounded in the ambush in Sitio Pansol, Barangay Macasampen, Guindulungan, Maguindanao.
Jocson said Bandila was heading toward the Maguindanao provincial capitol in Buluan, Maguindanao from
Bandila's escort, identified only as Police Officers 1 Tan and Dalit, although wounded, managed to fire back, forcing the gunmen to flee, leaving behind the yellow passenger jeep they were supposed to use as getaway vehicle.
"The gunmen who remained unidentified were after the cash money Bandila was carrying," Jocson told reporters.
PO2 Samsudin Ugca, Guindulungan police administrator, said Bandila was on board a grey Toyota Fortuner with license plate LGU-150 when the ambush occurred.
He said Bandila and his escorts were all wounded but not in critical condition. All are recuperating at a private hospital in
Initial Army investigation said the gunmen belonged to the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters who operate in the mountains of Talayan-Guindulungan towns.
Police and Army personnel have been deployed as road security to prevent highway robberies during the coming holidays.
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