SULU – An Abu Sayyaf militant has surrendered to the military in the southern Filipino province of Sulu where the notorious group tied to the Islamic State is still holding over a dozen mostly foreign seafarers in the restive region.
Army Captain Jo-ann Petinglay, a spokeswoman for the Western Mindanao Command, said the 50-year old Jupakkal Usman, from the village of Lahing-Lahing in Omar town, surrendered Tuesday to the Marine Battalion Landing Team-1.
Usman, she said, was a follower of slain Abu Sayyaf leader Alhabsy Misaya. He also handed over an automatic rifle to the military.
Petinglay said some 182 militants had surrendered since last year in Sulu, Basilan and Tawi-Tawi provinces, all in the Muslim autonomous region. The military provided them livelihood assistance and released them despite their involvements in ransom kidnappings, killings and terrorism. (Mindanao Examiner)
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