CEBU CITY –– Former Talisay City Councilor Emil Go, who was shot dead outside his house early Wednesday night, is on the list of suspected drug personalities, police authorities said Thursday.
Cebu Provincial Police Office Director, Senior Superintendent Edgar Alan Okubo, confirmed that Go is indeed among the list of people suspected to be involved in the drug trade.
Okubo said they are now focusing their investigation on illegal drug trade rivalry as possible motive behind the assassination.
Okubo said they are also looking into the possible connection between the killing of Go and the ambush-slay attempt on Bureau of Jail Management and Penology official Edwin Sarcon in Barangay Guadalupe here last Monday.
“The two incidents could be related as most of the murder victims these days were involved in drugs,” said Okubo, who has already ordered the Talisay City Police Station to dig deeper into their investigation.
Before Go, three other people with alleged links to illegal drugs were also shot in Metro Cebu including Sarcon, who once served as Talisay City Jail deputy warden.
Ronda Municipal Vice Mayor Jonnah John Ungab, legal counsel of self-confessed drug lord Rolando “Kerwin” Espinosa Jr., was killed last Feb. 19 in Cebu City and PO2 Romeo Bolaño was murdered on March 13 in Minglanilla.
Go, who was a member of the Talisay City Council from 2002 to 2008, was shot five times by a lone assassin inside the family compound in Mansueto Village, Bulacao, Talisay City at 6 p.m. Wednesday.
Witness accounts said the unidentified gunman immediately boarded a white car and fled the area after shooting the former councilman.
Go was also known as an illegal numbers game (Swertres) operator in Talisay City.
His son, Steve, was allegedly a household name in the illegal drugs trade not only in Talisay but in Cebu City as well. Steve is currently serving time at the Talisay City Jail for illegal drug offenses. (Luel Galarpe/PNA)
