108 Nur loyalists end 3-year lam
July 26, 2003 | 12:00am
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguin-danao After three years on the run, 108 followers of jailed former Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) chairman Nur Misuari surrendered to the Armys 6th Infantry Division the other day.
The Misuari "loyalists," led by Commander Abdulkadir Mindo, yielded more than a hundred firearms, including shoulder-fired M-79 grenade projectiles and pistols, during symbolic rites at the 6th ID headquarters here.
Since 2001, Mindo and his men went from one town to another to elude units of the 6th ID pursuing members of the so-called "Misuari renegade group."
They went underground following Misuaris ouster as governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao in 2001.
Mindo said he and his followers decided to surrender to avail themselves of the governments reconciliation program through the joint efforts of Maj. Gen. Generoso Senga, 6th ID commander, and Capt. Samier Bakuludan, chief of the 6th IDs Sallam (Peace) Unit.
"We were made to understand that life will always be hard for us if we dont come out and avail ourselves of Malacañangs reconciliation program," Mindo said in the vernacular.
Mindos group received from Senga and Bakuludan an initial cash grant of P267,500 for the firearms that they turned in. John Unson
The Misuari "loyalists," led by Commander Abdulkadir Mindo, yielded more than a hundred firearms, including shoulder-fired M-79 grenade projectiles and pistols, during symbolic rites at the 6th ID headquarters here.
Since 2001, Mindo and his men went from one town to another to elude units of the 6th ID pursuing members of the so-called "Misuari renegade group."
They went underground following Misuaris ouster as governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao in 2001.
Mindo said he and his followers decided to surrender to avail themselves of the governments reconciliation program through the joint efforts of Maj. Gen. Generoso Senga, 6th ID commander, and Capt. Samier Bakuludan, chief of the 6th IDs Sallam (Peace) Unit.
"We were made to understand that life will always be hard for us if we dont come out and avail ourselves of Malacañangs reconciliation program," Mindo said in the vernacular.
Mindos group received from Senga and Bakuludan an initial cash grant of P267,500 for the firearms that they turned in. John Unson
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