P1-M reward for ‘brains’ in jailbreak

SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao: North Cotabato acting Gov. Shirlyn MacasarteVillanueva on Wednesday said a detained drug lord and a Moro commander hatched the January 4 jail attack in Kidapawan City that resulted in a massive jailbreak.

that conducted an investigation of and action committee has recom mended a P1-million reward for the showed that the daring attack was arrest of the alleged masterminds.

Villanueva, who led the special committee of the inter- agency inmate Melvin Casangyao. provincial peace and order council Casangyao, a known leader of a and his armed men.

The committee also asked for P10,000 reward each for the more - ject of ongoing massive manhunt.

The attack on the jail facility led to the escape of 158 detainees. More than 50 of them were eventually captured while 10 were killed for resisting arrest.

name is Ismael Nasser, was a former detainee in the facility in 2015 for

He escaped in 2016 and has since remained at large.

Casangyao, a Visayan settler and -

- tacked the district jail at midnight on the facility, located in the vicinity of the provincial capitol in Barangay Amas.

After killing the jail guard, some of them took control of the wooden makeshift watchtowers in the jail compound while their cohorts helped Casangyao escape.

heard asking his men if they already - dered them to leave ahead immedi

- nesses to the jail attack, among them recaptured escapees.

A source of TheManilaTimes said the attack was mounted for monetary consideration.

According to the information, Casangyao promised Commander