SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao: Another Dawlah Islamiya or Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) member surrendered to the military in Lanao del Sur on Monday, according to a high military official, while a section head of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) was arrested in Sultan Kudarat province on the same day. Maj. Arvin Encinas, spokesman for the Western Mindanao Command on Tuesday identified the BIFF bandit as Bokharie Macadato Mahmod, who surrendered to soldiers of the 49th Infantry Battalion in Lanao del Sur. In Sultan Kudarat, the head of the Regional Peasant Bureau, Far South Mindanao Region, of the NPA arrested was identified as Leon Tacduro, aka Paeng, at Sitio Kipopo, Keytodak, Lebak, Sultan Kudarat.
