A suspected leader and instructor of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) has surrendered to the military in Compostela Valley, an official said Tuesday.
Lt. Col. Palmer M. Parungao of the Amy’s 66th Infantry Battalion (IB) said that Fernando D. Lobiano, alias Jay/Jaya, was left by his comrades when they scampered to escape after the government troops conducted recently an operation in Purok 8, Barangay Gabi, Compostela town Monday.
He said Lobiano was the political instructor and designated commander of the newly organized Expedition Platoon of Section Committee 15 of the Sub-Regional Committee 1, Southern Mindanao Regional Committee.
Lobiano was visiting his family when the soldiers were able to monitor the rebels’ presence with the help of the former mass organization members, he said.
Sensing that he was about to be caught, Parungao said Lobiano surrendered to the military and asked that he be brought to Compostela Valley Gov. Tyron Uy, who also accepted his surrender.
Lobiano, 42, had been with the NPA since 1995.
Parungao said that Lobiano’s surrender has brought great demoralization in the NPA ranks.
“We expect that more of the members of the expedition platoon will come back to the better part of the society,” he said.
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