BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN
A New People’s Army couple and their comrade have surrendered to the PNP Special Action Force on February 10 in Sagay City, Negros Occidental, bringing along their firearms.
The rebel couple, identified only through their aliases as Ka Nike and Ka Aiza, who also brought along their two-year-old son, and Ka Allan; assisted by PLt. Col. Jonel Guadalope, Sagay City police chief, gave themselves up to PLt. Col. Ryan Manongdo, commander of the 6th Special Action Battalion.
They surrendered two .45 caliber pistols with magazines containing ammunition.
Manongdo said that Ka Nike, who used to be a squad leader of the dismantled Northern Negros Front, and his live-in partner, Ka Aiza, were active members of the South West Front (SWF), under the Komiteng Rehiyonal- Negros/Cebu/Bohol/Siquijor, operating in the hinterlands of Cauayan, Hinobaan, Ilog, Candoni, Kabankalan (CHICKS) area.
Ka Nike met his partner, Ka Aiza, who served as an assistant medical officer of SWF, while he was conducting recruitment activities in Ilog, Hinobaan, Candoni and Kabankalan City hinterlands, the 6SAB commander said.
Manongdo added that the rebel couple decided to abandon the armed struggle, as they want to live a normal life with their child.
Ka Allan, on the other hand, confessed to be a member of the Northern Negros Front and engaged in mass work activities in the hinterlands of Calatrava, Toboso, Don Salvador Benedicto, Manapla, Escalante City, Sagay City, San Carlos City and Silay City, he said.*
