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ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/07 March) – The vice mayor of a town in Basilan who was abducted Tuesday was released Wednesday in Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur.
Chief Insp. Ariel Huesca, Police Regional Office-9 information officer, said the victim, Vice Mayor Arsina Nanoh of Hadji Muhtammad, Basilan, was released early morning Wednesday.
Huesca said Nanoh was made to board the 1 p.m. flight Wednesday from Pagadian to Manila where her husband, Alnajil, reportedly met her.
Nanoh, 20, was abducted Tuesday by a group of unidentified persons at a shopping mall in this city.
The police official said Nanoh’s mother, Sitti Raddah Kahing, and Alnajil confirmed the victim’s release.[]
But Supt. Sofronio Ecaldre, Zamboanga del Sur police director, denied Nanoh was freed in Pagadian.[]
Ecaldre said that he ordered his personnel to check the veracity of the report “but it turned out to be negative.[]
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He said he was even surprised when several reporters called him asking about the release of the vice mayor.
He, however, said they will continue to verify the report. (MindaNews)
