Police have appealed to Mayor Rasul Sangki of Ampatuan, Maguindanao to surrender peacefully because there are search warrants against him for possession of high-powered firearms and suspected illegal drugs.
The appeal was separately issued by Supt. Jimmy Daza, chief of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, and Senior Supt. Agustin Tello, Maguindanao police director, after Sangki eluded arrest on Thursday.
“It is better for him to peacefully turn himself in so other people would not be affected by any police or military operation against him,” Daza said.
Citing intelligence information, Daza said Sangki made Barangay Saniag, an upland village of the Teduray tribes people, as his base because he knew that there are search warrants against him.
The CIDG regional chief said Sangki allegedly gave villagers and the outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters sacks of rice and some money for them to protect him in the village. (PNA)
