TOP security officials have urged indigenous Muslim leaders in southern Philippines to support the campaign against extremist groups that the government had vowed to wipe out by July this year.

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Eduardo Año and commanders of Eastern Mindanao and Western Mindanao commands; commanders of the Philippine Army’s 1st, 6th and 10th Infantry Divisions and all battalion commanders in Mindanao met with the indigenous leaders during a three-day conference dubbed Mindanao Sultanate Summit on Peace and Security held recently.

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