ZAMBOANGA CITY—The man considered by police here as the fourth most wanted drug personality was shot and killed by a still unidentified assailant on Thursday.
Supt. Luisito Magnaye, the city police director, said the killing of Yusop Hassan Ujajun in Barangay Buenavista around 7:30 a.m. was obviously drug-related.
However, he said it could be a case of “double cross.”
“It could be a betrayal, a drug deal gone bad. We are looking into that angle,” Magnaye said, adding that there was only one gunman.
Ujajun, 44, a resident of Barangay Muti, died of multiple gunshot wounds.
“We do not have vigilantes in the city,” Magnaye said on suspicions Ujajun’s death was part of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s call for the killings of criminals.
In Davao City, an alleged notorious drug pusher was also killed after he exchanged shots with police earlier this week.
Killed was Darwin Pernia, 23, a resident of Santa Maria, Davao Occidental. Milgrace Driz, with a report from Julie Alipala, Inquirer Mindanao