Election exec, husband slain in ambush in Maguindanao del Norte

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COTABATO CITY — The municipal election officer of Datu Odin Sinsuat town, Maguindanao del Norte province was killed along with her husband in an ambush on Wednesday morning.

Lawyer Mohammad Nabil Mutia, provincial election supervisor of Maguindanao del Norte said Bai Maceda Lidasan-Abo was on her way to the office in Datu Odin Sinsuat’s Barangay Dalican when waylaid at around 8:30 a.m. along the national highway in Barangay Makir.

Abo was aboard an SUV driven by her husband who was identified only as Jojo.

The couple was rushed to a hospital in Cotabato City where Abo’s husband was declared dead on arrival.

Abo died later while undergoing medical care.

Lieutenant Colonel Jackson Lopez, Datu Odin Sinsuat police chief, condemned the ambush and sought the help of civilians near the crime scene to help police identify the perpetrators.

Brigadier General Romeo Macapaz, police regional director for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), said a manhunt is going on and all entry and exit points of Datu Odin town had been sealed.

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