Authorities are now checking reports that abducted Mayor Gemma Adana of Naga town, Zamboanga Sibugay has been turned over to the terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in Sulu.
Unconfirmed
reports showed that Adana
Security officials from both the police and military are now checking on the report.
“They were monitored in Sulu two days ago but it was not known when did they actually arrived…it will only take six hours from Zamboanga if they went to Sulu immediately (after the abduction),” one source said.
“(She was) turned over but there are no details…it was not known where in Sulu and to what faction (of the Abu Sayyaf),” added the source.
Another source confirmed the existence of such report but it has not been validated.
“There is still no confirmation because it was a single source information given to the intelligence units that’s why we are validating it,” the second source said.
The Philippine National Police (PNP) immediately launched intensified operation to rescue the lady mayor.
Interior and Local Government Secretary Manuel Roxas vowed that the perpetrators of the latest kidnapping will face the full force of the law.
Roxas also ordered the convening of a crisis committee to address the kidnapping.
Reports said that
The military’s Western Mindanao Command (Wesmincom) has deployed elements of the 17th Special Forces Company and Naval Special operations Unit to assist the PNP in the rescue operation.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/nation/captors-turn-over-zambo-sibugay-mayor-to-abu-sayyaf-source
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