Senior Superintendent Vicente Bautista, city police chief, said he automatically relieved Chief Inspector Resty Balmores, chief of the Bula police station, and ordered a manhunt for the four inmates who sawed off the iron grills of their cell to escape, taking advantage of a two-hour power outage.
The escapees were identified as Teking Akmad Usman, 38; Carlos Besana, 34; Roberto Nadela; and Erwin Matarum.
Chief Superintendent Felizardo Serapio Jr., Central Mindanao police director, has ordered an investigation into the escape. – John Paul Jubelag