Three members of the Abu Sayyaf group surrendered to the government authorities amid the continued law enforcement operations against them in the southern Tawi-Tawi province, a senior military official.
General Romeo Racadio, commander of the Second Brigade in the Marine Corps, said in a statement that the three surrenders from the Abu Sayyaf group, who were identified only through the nominated names, Manan, Saddam and Saladi, surrendered to the landing team in the Naval Infantry Battalion -1 in the Panglima Sugala, Tawi Tawi on Wednesday.
Rakadio said that the three members of the group decided to surrender because their leaders, who were all the leaders of the group in Solo, were killed in separate clashes with government forces, regardless of the continued law enforcement against them.
He said that Mannan was a follower of the late group leader Saeed Mohamed known as Mass Mas, while Saddam and Saladi were followers of the Majan Sahidjuan sub -group, nicknamed Abu Mike.
Muhammad was killed when the forces stormed a cache of the ASG group in Patikol, Solo on March 26, 2016, while Sahidjuan was killed in a clash when the naval forces rescued an Indonesian hostage on the island of Kalubug, Langan, Tawi Tawi on March 20, 2021.
Sahidjuan is also required by the security leadership in East Sabah in Malaysia.
The surrender of the three members of the group, Major General Charlton Sean Geralan, the Filipino naval commander, And civil leaders.
The three surrenders were handed over to the Assistant Secretary -General to the government of Banglala Sougala, and they were handed over food packages and money as preliminary assistance.
Rakadio urged peace -loving societies to unite and work together to preserve peace and stability and pave the way for the development of Tawi Tawi..
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