Mindanaotoday.com | Most wanted NPA rebel in Butuan falls
BUTUAN CITY – The most wanted New People’s Army (NPA) rebel here has been arrested, police said Wednesday.
In a statement, the Butuan City Police Office (BCPO) identified the NPA rebel as Noel M. Dawog, alias Rex, a member of Guerrilla Front 21C of the North Eastern Mindanao Regional Committee. He is a resident of Barangay Basilisa, Remedios T. Romualdez, Agusan del Norte.
Dawog, 30, was nabbed by BCPO personnel Tuesday when he was served an arrest warrant for multiple attempted murder in Barangay Anticala.
The warrant was issued by Regional Trial Court, Branch 3, Hall of Justice, Libertad, Butuan City on January 11, 2021.
Dawog was among the identified NPA guerrillas responsible for the harassment and armed encounters with government troops under the Army’s 29th on Sept. 13, 2019, in Sitio Mandalayag, Barangay Pianing.
Col. Excelso Lazaga Jr., the BCPO chief, said Dawog’s arrest “only shows that the NPA’s commemoration of their 53rd anniversary is nothing but all worthless promises.”
The NPA commemorated its 53rd founding anniversary on Tuesday.
The BCPO chief also called on the remaining NPA rebels here to accept the government’s offer of reconciliation and amnesty.