ZAMBOANGA CITY --The Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) on Tuesday announced that 138 members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) have surrendered brought about by pressure of continuous offensive against them since January this year.
Brig. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, Joint Task Force Sulu commander, said this came about as three more members of the ASG have surrender this week to his command.
Sobejana said the latest to surrender were the following: Amin Asjad Ismula alias Amin, 37; Aldissar Bara Jurrani alais Boy Aldis, 24; and, Persing Abdurasid alias Lito, 41.
Sobejana said that Ismula and Jurrani have surrendered to the troops of the Army’s 4th Special Forces Company headed Captain John Arman Guevara in Barangay Kanaway, Parang, Sulu.
They turned over two caliber .30 M1 Garand rifles with ammunition.
Ismula is a follower of the late Abu Sayyaf sub-leader Alhabsy Misaya and ranks number two in the Periodic Status Report of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
Jurrani is a follower of Abu Sayyaf sub-leader Magdal Jumdail.
Abdurasid surrendered to Sobejana in Barangay Kanaway, Parang, Sulu.
Sobejana said that Abdurasid, a follower of Hatib Hajan Sawadjaan, Abdurasid, has turned over his caliber .30 M1 Garand rifle and ammunition “as a gesture of his commitment to return to the fold of the law.”
“Appropriate documentation was undertaken and, thereafter, the surrendered ASG members underwent a custodial debriefing and physical examination at the headquarters of the Joint Task Force Sulu,” he said. (PNA)
