Ex-mayor of Zamboanga del Sur town ambushed in Lanao Norte

ILIGAN CITY – The former mayor of Dumingag town in Zamboanga del Sur was ambushed along the national highway of Bacolod town in Lanao del Norte at 8:20  a.m. Wednesday (March 20).

A sketchy report from the police here said Naciancino Pacalioga Jr., 57, former mayor of Dumingag, was on his way home from Cagayan de Oro City when he made a short stop-over for personal necessity at Esperanza village when ambushed.

He was rushed to a private hospital in Bacolod for initial treatment but was later brought to a hospital in Iligan City, according to a police petsonnel of Bacolod who escorted the ambulance.

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