Kin of slain mayor offer P100,000 for gunman

CABANATUAN CITY—The family of slain Mayor Restituto Abad of Carranglan, Nueva Ecija, has offered P100,000 for any information that will lead to the arrest of the man who shot and killed him last week.

Supt. Ricardo Villanueva, chief of the Nueva Ecija police intelligence and investigation branch, said the reward is separate from the amount that would be offered by local officials.

Villanueva said the gunman, Jonathan Carpio, had been charged with murder and frustrated murder at the Nueva Ecija prosecutor’s office for the slaying of Abad and the wounding of his driver and security aide, Satty Duclayan, on Feb. 4.

Villanueva said Carpio is also wanted for 12 counts of electric pilferage filed by the Cabanatuan Electric Corp.

Abad, who first served as member of the Carranglan town council, was shot and killed in Guimba, Nueva Ecija, while he was on his way home.

He died at St. Luke’s Medical Center in Taguig City five days after the attack. He will be buried on Feb. 16. Armand Galang, Inquirer Central Luzon