By Leilanie G. Adriano
Staff
reporter
Pinili, Ilocos Norte—The municipal vice mayor of this town survived
an ambush attempt on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 25, while driving his van along
the national highway at Brgy. Lang-ayan in Currimao, Ilocos Norte.
Pinili Vice Mayor Rommel Labasan, now on his second term,
said he was on his way to pay electric bills in neighboring Batac City at about
1 pm on Feb. 25 when he noticed allegedly armed motorcycle-riding men tailing
him.
But before the gunman could aim at him, he managed to
speed away from the suspects as he sought refuge at the nearby Batac City Jail.
Upon report of the incident, P/Sr. Insp. Artemio
Clemente, Pinili police chief said they immediately alerted all police stations
and conducted a dragnet operation near the area.
A few hours later, police authorities were able to nab
one of the suspects positively identified by Mr. Labasan while his companion
was able to escape into the mountainous part of Barangay Baay in Batac, Ilocos
Norte.
As of this posting, police investigators have yet to
identify the motive of the failed ambush try.
According to Mr. Labasan, he has received an earlier
threat on his life and he never thought it was for real saying he has done no
harm to anyone.
In a related development, police authorities at the Batac
station has already filed attempted murder charges against two suspects
identified as Joseph Coloma, a resident of Barangay 17 (Samak), San Nicolas
town and Willy Sejalb, resident of Poblacion, Currimao town on Feb. 26.
Mr. Sejalbo however filed a waiver, granting him at least
five days to file his counter affidavit, said Batac City prosecutor Valentin
Pascua in a radio interview.
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