FOUR Abu Sayyaf bandits have surrendered amid the government offensive against them in the province of Basilan, the police reported Monday, July 18, 2022.
The Area Police Command-Western Mindanao (APC-WM) identified the ASG surrenderers as the following: Muhammad Salihm alais Abu Jafar, 23; Bong Majinti alias Abu Sambon, 23; Ardin Moreno alias Abu Kain, 27; and, Hadjibun Hambali alias Abu Aksad, 27.
The APC-WM said they surrendered to the soldiers of the Army’s 18th Infantry Battalion (IB) on Saturday, July 16, in Campo Uno villge, Lamitan City, Basilan.
The APC-WM said that the four Abu Sayyaf surrenderers were all followers of slain Basilan-Based bandit leader Furuji Indama.
Indama was killed in a clash with military forces on September 9, 2020 in the coastal town of R.T Lim, Zamboanga Sibugay.
The Abu Sayyaf bandits have surrendered because they wanted to live a peaceful life together with their families. (SunStar Zamboanga)