A high-ranking official of the Department of Works and Highways (DPWD) has denied allegations that he plundered public funds in connection with the allegedly anomalous rehabilitation of a national road worth P426.54 million in Masbate province in the Bicol Region.

In his 18-page counter-affidavit before the Office of the Ombudsman, Romeo Momo, undersecretary for regional operations of the DPWH Central Office in Manila, refuted claims of complainants Romeo Perez Esplana and Evaristo Buenaflor Jr. that he conspired with other fellow government workers and one Violeta Codilla of Yakal Construction and Supply Inc.

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