Kidapawan village councilor slain

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 03:57:37 +0000

KIDAPAWAN CITY – A suspected gun-for-hire shot dead a village councilor here past 11 a.m. on Monday, police official said.

Lt. Col. Ramel Hojilla, city police director here, identified the slain kagawad as Nasrullah Manibpel of Barangay Nuangan.

Hojilla said Manibpel was driving his motorcycle towards home when the gunman shot him in his stomach.

According to Hojilla, the suspect exited towards the northern portion of the village on board a motorcycle.

Although few residents saw what happened, no one could  identify the suspect, the police official said.

Hojilla, citing interviews with relatives of Manibpel, said the village councilor had been receiving death threats from unknown individuals days before his murder.

But Hoj
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