By Jong Cadion
PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur (April 29, 2016) – The
Police is now conducting the thorough investigation on the shooting incident in
Purok 4, Barangay Guma, Midsalip in this Province resulted the wounded of 3 person Wednesday morning.
Zamboanga del Sur Police Provincial Director Senior Supt.
Michael Nicolas disclosed that the motive behind the incident is an election
related after both political warring parties has filed a case after the
shooting incident.
SSupt Nicolas said that based in their initial
investigation conducted disclosed that while Barangay Captain Eduardo Selim, Barangay
chairman of Bgry. Matalang, Midsalip,
supporter of the incumbent Mayor Liwaya Angcap-Paras on board with his Yamaha
DT coming from Brgy. Poblacion B going to Brgy. Guma of the said town and upon
reaching at the place of incident near at mayor’s Angcap house the suspect
identified as Michael Umban, supporters of Mayoral Candidate Condrado
Lumacad also on board with a Honda XR 200 overtake and shot the Brgy. Chairman using
caliber 45 pistol and fled with his driven motorcycle after the commission of
the crime but was crashed into a banana plant more or less 50 meters away from
the crime scene and escaped on foot towards unknown direction. Luckily, Brgy
Chairman Selim was not hit by the bullet. However, a stray bullet hit 3 bystanders
in the area.
Police identified the 3 wounded person as Leonida Ganar,
alleged supporter of Mayor Angcap, 50 year old a resident of Brgy. Golictop,
Midsalip was hit at the back portion of
her body; Junieza May Dumaog, 12 years old a resident
of Tuluan, Midsalip was hit at right portion of her thigh and Mario
Diosmano alleged supporter of Mayor candidate Lumacad 60 years old a resident
of Tuluan, Midsalip was hit at his foot sole, all victims were brought to the
nearby hospital for medical treatment.
Responding Policemen recovered from the crime scene 7 empty
shells of caliber 45 and one unit motorcycle and were brought to the Police
Station for proper disposition and investigation.
SSUPT Nicolas said that Midsalip now is included in the
watch list in the COMELEC as area of concern after the incident. There are 3
towns of Tukuran, Aurora and Dinas listed as areas of concern in this province.
Midsalip Vice-Mayor Leonila Angcap who is running for Mayor
said that she was inside her house together with their political barangay
leaders doing voter’s education when they heard series of gun burst that made
people inside panic and hide for their safety.
Angcap said before the incident he called the chief of
police of the said town through his mobile phone seeking police assistants due
to the complaint from his political leader regarding the presence of
unidentified armed men near their residence. During their conversation at her
mobile phone suddenly gun burst was heard.
Leonila Angcap ended her term as mayor in Midsalip last
2013, she run as vice-mayor with her daughter as mayor and got elected. This
year 2016 election her daughter decided not to run for any elected post that
decided her to run as mayor against another two mayoral candidate Condrado
Lumacad Sr. and Nene Lumaad, both were former mayor of said town.
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