Suspected ex-BIFF member nabbed in Cebu probed over alleged kill plot

From GMA News (Jul 9): Suspected ex-BIFF member nabbed in Cebu probed over alleged kill plot

A suspected former member of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters who was arrested in Cebu City for the fatal shooting of a minor is being investigated for an alleged slay plot against a City Hall official.

Police are verifying Mamainty Abdul Eman's possible links to a reported plot to kill Raquel Arce, the head of the Prevention Restoration Order Beautification Enhancement Cebu (PROBE).

Eman, who was arrested in connection with the shooting of a 14-year-old last July 2, had denied the allegation, GMA Cebu reported.

He also denied his connections with the BIFF, a splinter group of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.

The BIFF conducted attacks in Mindanao in 2008 after the Supreme Court thumbed down a memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain.

But Cebu City intelligence branch head Superintendent Romeo Santander said their information showed Eman was a member of the BIFF from 2005 to 2010.

Santander said Eman arrived in Cebu in 2012, and sold mobile phones. He added the police will coordinate with the military in looking into Eman's record with the BIFF.

"(Our initial information showed) he was a member before of the BIFF and then kumalas siya. Nagpunta rito sa Cebu although di pa siya matagal dito sa Cebu City," Santander said.

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