Some 24
hours after he was discovered missing from the New Bilibid Prison, convicted
killer Rolito Go is back in the custody of authorities.
Go and
nurse-nephew Clemence Yu claimed they were abducted Tuesday night and brought to
Batangas but released and given bus fare back to Manila.
"They
were apparently brought to Batangas, kanina ni-release sila at sila ay sumakay
sa Lucena Bus at doon sila bumaba sa Alabang (They were allegedly brought to
Batangas and released. They took a bus and got off at Alabang),"
Philippine National Police chief Director General Nicanor Bartolome said in an
interview Wednesday night. Parts of the interview were aired on dzBB radio
early Thursday.
He said
the two were allegedly abducted inside the New Bilibid Prison between 8 and 9
p.m. Tuesday, with the supposed kidnappers having them ride Yu's vehicle.
Bartolome
quoted Go as claiming he and Yu borrowed the bus driver's mobile phone to
contact their family.
The dzBB
report said the two got off the bus at about 11:15 p.m. at Alabang, and were
"fetched" by their family and a PNP Anti-Kidnapping Group team.
For now,
Bartolome said they will verify Go's claims. He said Go is to be returned to
the New Bilibid Prison Thursday morning.
A
separate dzBB report said Go had some scratches, supposedly from his
"struggle" with his abductors.
NBP
officials discovered Go was "missing" from his cell Tuesday night
during a head count. His relatives claimed he was abducted and that a
P1-million ransom was demanded.
In
November 1993, Go was sentenced "in absentia" three days after he
escaped from jail while the trial was ongoing.
He was
arrested in 1996 in a piggery in Pampanga and was presented to former Vice
President Joseph Estrada, who at the time was also chief of the Presidential
Anti-Crime Commission.
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