Alleged Abu Sayyaf sub-group member arrested in QC

October 4, 2019

Authorities arrested a former alleged sub-leader of the Ajang-ajang Group, a sub-group of the Abu Sayyaf, in Quezon City.

National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) Director Major General Guillermo Eleazar on Friday presented Ibrahim Lambog Mullo, 26, who initially identified himself as Agimar Abi Ahaja to conceal his true identity. 

Acting Quezon City Police director Colonel Ronnie Montejo said Mullo was arrested after receiving intelligence information an Abu Sayyaf member was spotted at Barangay Batasan Hills.

Montenjo said combined police elements arrested Mullo around 7 pm at Ilang- ilang St. corner Commonwealth Avenue in Barangay Batasan Hills where a pistol and a sling bag with a fragmentation grenade was found with him.

Based on their investigation, Mullo arrived sometime in January 2019, along with a certain Arnel Flores Cabintoy alias Musab and Feliciano Mañas Sulayao Jr alias Abu Muslim, a.k.a Rowel S. Adam. 

"Cabintoy and Sulayao were arrested last June 15, 2019, in Barangay Culiat during the implementation of an order for the apprehension of personalities involved in the rebellion in Mindanao issued by the Secretary of National Defense who is the administrator of Martial Law in Mindanao," Montejo said.

However, Mullo said he moved to Quezon City to attend to his wife who recently gave birth. 

Mullo said he works in a construction firm in San Miguel, Bulacan owned by his wife’s uncle in a housing project for Army Scout Rangers in Kamias and Calumpang, Bulacan.

Intelligence information revealed Mullo was recruited into the Abu Sayyaf sub-group, Ajang-Ajang, through social media by Abu Sayyaf sub-leader Pading in 2017 while he was residing in Zambaonga City. 

Montejo said Mullo was enticed to join the Abu Sayyaf because of the promise of a P10,000 monthly allowance. Mullo had his first monthly allowance from Pading thru an unidentified female courier whom he met in Paseo Del Mar in Zamboanga City.

Then, Mullo decided to join the terrorist group in Patikul, Sulu under the group of Pading.

Though he has no direct evidence linking him to any terror activities in the city, Montejo said a follow-up investigation is being conducted to ascertain identities of individuals aiding him. 

“His arrest will be a great help not only because we were able to stop any terror attacks but also being able to obtained information against Abu Sayyaf, he said.

Montejo claimed Mullo and his wife had decided to go to Manila in 2018 to look for work and live a normal life.

Mullo said he left the Abu Sayyaf in Sulu, after asking permission from Pading to allow him to have a short vacation in Zamboanga City with his wife. 

"Thereafter, he never returned to Sulu and decided to go to Manila instead. He also admitted that he sold his Armalite to a fellow Abu Sayyaf member," Montejo said.

Mullo will face cases of violation of the Comprehensive Law on Firearms and Ammunition and illegal possession of explosive.  Ella Dionisio/DMS