The DOJ chief also noted on Thursday that authorities will not reveal the identities of the alleged masterminds yet, but added the crime was “definitely” politically motivated.
, along with eight others, by armed assailants using long firearms just outside his family’s residential compound in Barangay 9, in Pamplona town on Saturday, March 4. The governor was killed while attending an event for 4Ps beneficiaries.
Pamplona Mayor Janice Degamo, the late governor’s wife, confirmed that her husband passed away at around 11:41 am on Saturday. Some hours later, three persons were On Tuesday, March 7,were filed against four of the suspects, some of whom are former members of the military. They are now under the National Bureau of Investigation’s custody.
In his interview, Remulla also described Degamo’s killing. The DOJ chief said the governor “seemed” to have been hit during the first volley of gunfire. He fell from his chair, then used a handheld radio to ask for help. Hearing that he was still alive through the radio, the assailants went back to “finish him off,” according to Remulla.
The justice secretary said Degamo sustained a gunshot wound in his chest area – “straight to the heart,” according to Remulla. The DOJ chief added that Degamo seemed to have used his hands to shield himself from the gunshots. –
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