Camp Alagar receives Espenido transfer order
NOW it can be told. Chief Inspector Jovie Espenido's transfer from Ozamiz to Iloilo, earlier tagged by President Rodrigo Duterte as the most `shabulized' city in the country, is no longer hearsay.
On Tuesday, the Police Regional OfficeNorthern Mindanao (PRO-10) received the relief order of the now popular Espenido from the national headquarters in Camp Crame.
In the special order dated August 29, Espenido was ordered relieved from his post as chief of police of Ozamis City and is reassigned to Police Regional Office-6 (PRO-6) in Western Visayas effective the same day.
“Travel (the shortest route) by land, water and/or air transportation is authorized,” the order said.
President Duterte has publicly announced the new assignment of Espenido in Iloilo City last Monday.
PRO-10 spokesperson Superintendent Lemuel Gonda said the deputy commander of Ozamis City Police will assume as Officerin Charge (OIC) as Espenido's replacement has not been disclosed yet.
“Ing-ana manang mga officers come and go wala man tay pili pag sugo sa commander in chief ug wala pud tay mahimo,” Gonda said.
Gonda said the government’s war on drugs and the police’s anti-criminality campaign should continue in Ozamis City.
Gonda said that during Espenido’s stint as chief of police in Ozamis, the illegal drug trade had somehow been neutralized.
“Dili gyud ta kaingon nga na-neutralized na tanan. Ang ato ani nga na-prevent ang uban,” Gonda said.
“Padayon lang gihapon atong pagtuman sa mandato batok sa illegal drugs. Padayong ang monitoring diha sa Ozamis,” Gonda added.
It can be recalled that Ozamis City mayor Reynaldo Parojinog Sr. and 15 others were killed in the anti-illegal drug operation led by Espenido last July 30.
Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog of Iloilo City was linked last year by Duterte to the narcotics trade along with Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. Of Albuera, Leyte province and Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog Sr. of Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental.
Both Espinosa and Parojinog are already six feet below the ground.