NBI brand over a shot of the facade of its headquarters
MANILA, Philippines — A witness who implicated one other particular person within the homicide of Negros Oriental governor Roel Degamo has surfaced on the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).
A witness named Marlon Quibod went to the NBI Headquarters in Manila on Wednesday to submit his sworn assertion, saying a sure Arnel Libradilla recruited him to affix the squad, which might later kill Degamo.
Quibod mentioned this squad labored for a sure “Brownie” which he later recognized to be a sure “Mayor Fritz.”
“Iyong tao na ‘yun (Brownie) ay humingi sa amin ng tulong para kontratahin kami na sumama sa isang operasyon tungkol sa pagligpit kay Governor Degamo,” Quibod mentioned in his sworn assertion which he learn, the video of which was posted to state-run Radyo Pilipinas.
(This particular person requested us for assist to recruit us to an operation to eliminate Governor Degamo.)
“Tumanggi ako dahil ayaw ko po iyon at natatakot dahil ang problema ko lang naman po ay ang aking kaso at paano tutulungan ang aking pamilya,” he mentioned, noting that he has additionally been charged with tried murder and homicide again in 2022.
(I declined as a result of I used to be afraid and I don’t like that, I’m solely involved about my case and learn how to assist my household.)
Quibod mentioned that Arnel was additionally killed following the dying of Degamo.
Degamo together with eight provincial workers members and constituents have been killed whereas 16 others, together with three provincial officers, have been wounded in a gun assault contained in the governor’s residential premises in Pamplona city final March 4.
Suspended Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. has been accused of masterminding the killing Degamo, which he vehemently denied. Teves, nevertheless, utilized for a political asylum in East Timor, which the nation later denied.
READ: Suspended Rep. Teves eyeing asylum in Timor Leste, says DOJ chief
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