POLICE operatives arrested an Abu Sayyaf member, who escaped along with 30 others nine years ago, in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, a top police official announced on Sunday, May 12.
Brigadier General Emmanuel Luis Licup, Police Regional Office (PRO)-Zamboanga Peninsula director, identified the arrested Abu Sayyaf bandit as Abubakar Yakub alias Jhan Que Lahi.
Licup said Yakub was arrested around 4 a.m. in a law enforcement operation at Sitio Looc Sural in the village of Looc Labuan, Tungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay.
Licup said Yakub was previously arrested for the crime of eight-count kidnapping and serious illegal detention.
He said Yakub is one of the 31 detainees who escaped during the December 13, 2009 jailbreak at the Basilan provincial jail in the village of Sumagdang, Isabela City. (Bong Garcia/SunStar Philippines)