Pastor Apollo Quiboloy. PHOTO: X/APOLLO C. QUIBOLOY
MANILA, Philippines — Fourteen firearms registered under the name of fugitive televangelist Apollo Quiboloy were sold to three individuals with the surname “Canada” in December last year, according to the Philippine National Police (PNP).
On April 3, a Davao Regional Trial Court issued arrest orders against Quiboloy and his subordinates Cresente Canada, Paulene Canada, Ingrid Canada, Sylvia Camanes, and Jackiely Roy.
The arrest warrants stemmed from their alleged violation of Republic Act 7610 or the Anti-Child Abuse Law, specifically the provision on sexual abuse of minors and maltreatment.
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However, PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo revealed that six of the 14 firearms — all pistols — were sold to “Cresente Canada.”
At the same time, she also said they are validating whether or not this is the same person who is among the subjects of the arrest warrants.
“Mr. [Marlon] Acobo presented documents that showed that the 14 were sold on December 13, 2023,” Fajardo said in Filipino in a press briefing.
“If it’s the same person [Cresente Canada], our FEO [Firearms and Explosives Office] will again deliberate. Since the person is included in the warrant of arrest and is the same person, we will definitely issue a revocation of the LTOPF,” she added.
Aside from Cresente, Fajardo said Quiboloy sold three other guns to a woman surnamed Canada, while the remaining five pistols were also bought by a man with the same last name.
On Wednesday, the Davao police revealed that Acobo surrendered five of Quiboloy’s firearms — one Colt rifle, two Beretta pistols, and two Metrillo pistols — last May 2.
According to Quiboloy’s legal counsel Israel Torreon, the fugitive “chose to surrender the firearms even if he had reservations about the legal necessity of surrendering [them] to the police authorities.”
Torreon likewise revealed that he had filed a motion for reconsideration to revert the order of Marbil, revoking the LTOPF of Quiboloy.
“[L]egal counsel-Atty. Israelito P. Torreon filed a Motion for Reconsideration from the order of General Marbil canceling his LTOP in order to dispel the vicious rumors being circulated by certain biased sources that he is armed and dangerous or that he has a private army,” the legal counsel’s statement read.