Six members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) surrendered here Friday before the Army’s 90th Infantry Battalion (IB).
Lt. Col. Rommel Mundala, the 90IB commander, said the surrenderers are followers of the BIFF-Karialan faction operating in the boundary of North Cotabato and Maguindanao provinces.
Mundala was unable to reveal the identities of the surrenderers “for security reasons and the safety of their respective families.”
He said the BIFF batch yielded at the 90IB Advance Command Post in Barangay Ladtingan here in coordination with local villagers and officials.
The surrenderers turned over five high-powered firearms, a homemade mortar weapon with launchpad, and two improvised explosive devices.
“Today, we also presented them to Mayor Salik P. Mamasabulod of nearby Pagalungan, Maguindanao, which is their hometown to avail of initial government services and programs”, he said.
Mundala said the BIFF surrenderers will undergo a “deradicalization” program and will be enrolled in the government’s reintegration program.
Source: Philippines News Agency