ONE of the principal suspects in the assassination attempt on Lanao del Sur Governor Mamintal Adiong Jr. last February has been arrested by a joint Armed Force of the Philippines (AFP) and Philippine National Police (PNP in South Cotabato.

Colonel Andre Santos, 1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade Commander, reported on Friday that Lomala Baratumo, alias Commander Lomala, 42-years-old, was captured after being intercepted at a military checkpoint in Sitio Morales, Barangay Centrala, Surallah, South Cotabato Thursday afternoon, May 25.

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