COTABATO CITY — Police arrested Friday morning a man claiming to be a ranking official of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) for gun possession.
Supt. James Allan Logan, chief of the PNP Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (CIDG-ARMM), said his office has been receiving complaints from residents of Barangay Tapian in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao over harassments allegedly perpetrated by Tato Ibrahim.
He also allegedly slapped in public and humiliated a village official.
He said Ibrahim, also known as Commander Tato, a resident of the coastal village of Tapian, Datu Odi Sinsuat town did not resist arrest but declared he is covered by the joint government and MILF ceasefire mechanism.
The CIDG chief said he is still coordinating with the Army’s intelligence operatives to determine if indeed Ibrahim is an official of the MILF’s Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces (BIAF).
Logan also said that Ibrahim admitted he had high powered guns but these were already turned over to the MILF leadership before the police raided his home.
But during the search after his arrest, police and military personnel found an unlicensed cal. 45 pistol and ammunition inside Ibrahim’s home. (PNA)
