Evelyn Afdal, widow of the late retired Military Col. Samuel Afdal, exhibits a duplicate of her complaint-affidavit suing the alleged brains of his husband’s ambush two years in the past in Agusan del Sur. CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN
PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur—Precisely two years after the incident, the alleged brains within the ambush of retired Military Col. Samuel Afdal, former president of Philsaga Mining Corp., has been recognized and now dealing with prices.
Afdal’s widow, Evelyn, filed a complaint-affidavit earlier than the Provincial Prosecutor’s Workplace right here on Thursday afternoon in opposition to a sure Ryan Mark Baylon for allegedly masterminding the ambush of his husband two years in the past in Barangay Santa Cruz, Rosario city, Agusan del Sur.
Evelyn mentioned Baylon was a enterprise affiliate of his husband, who was a driving buddy of former President Rodrigo Duterte, each being members of the On Any Sunday Riders Membership of Davao Metropolis.
“I’m relieved now. I can’t specific my feelings any additional; in any other case, I’ll break down,” Afdal’s widow mentioned, proper after popping out of the workplace of provincial prosecutor Ceferino Dino Paredes.
Evelyn’s criticism largely stems from current revelations by alleged gunman Jeffrey Mamerto, a former New Folks’s Military guerrilla who’s now detained on the provincial jail.
Paredes revealed that Mamerto confessed to him that Baylon was supposedly behind the killing.
Within the seven-page criticism, Evelyn cited how Mamerto additionally implicated two different alleged co-conspirators within the homicide, particularly, Rosalino B. Degracia (alias “Okie”) and Alemar Awado (alias “Dongkoy”). He claimed that Baylon had induced them to ambush Afdal in change for monetary compensation.
Afdal, identified to associates as SAGA, was ambushed whereas he was driving alone on his Jimmy automobile uphill to an space the place he had a mining prospect. Regardless of being wounded, the sufferer managed to drive his automobile from the ambush web site to the compound of Rosario Manobo Mining Corp. (RMMC) to hunt medical help. From there, he was rushed to a hospital for instant therapy.
In a scorching pursuit operation, Rosario police took maintain of Mamerto for questioning days later, solely to search out out he additionally was needed for an additional crime.
Mamerto was finally charged earlier than the Regional Trial Courtroom Department 6 in Prosperidad city, nearly one 12 months after Afdal succumbed to his accidents whereas being handled in a hospital.
The Inquirer discovered that Baylon is an government of RMMC therefore requested the corporate to succeed in out to him so he can air his aspect.
Along with his current confession, Paredes mentioned that Mamerto may doubtlessly develop into a state witness, relying on his willingness to cooperate with the prosecution. Nevertheless, Paredes emphasised that cooperating as a state witness includes sure parameters.
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Mamerto was scheduled to face a pre-trial convention on Nov. 15, precisely two years after Afdal handed away.
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Evelyn’s lawyer, Rommel Fontanilla, asserted that even along with his current confession, the case in opposition to Mamerto can proceed independently with that of Baylon who’s to bear preliminary investigation to find out possible trigger to indict him for the crime.
