Sheila Mae Vidal, 18 years old, resident of Kitcharao, Agusan del Norte and a student of the College of Hotel and Restaurant Management; and Alcher Baricuatro, 19 years old, resident of Lala, Lanao del Norte and a student of the College of Agriculture were abducted by unidentified men inside the MSU campus at about 8:30 in the morning of December 7, 2010.
After almost a week in captivity, the victims were safely released by their abductors based on the text message sent by Sheila Mae’s sister to MSU’s Department of Security Services Deputy Chief for Administration Marmar Pakinson at about 11:55 in the evening of December 13.
In an interview with Radyo ng Bayan, Pakinson said that Sheila Mae’s sister said that her sister and Alcher, the other victim, were already at Kampo Ranao, army’s 103rd Infantry Brigade’s main camp here, before midnight.
Brigadier General Rey C. Ardo, commander of the 103rd Infantry Brigade, in a report, said that the safe release of the student-kidnap victims was a result of a joint effort by the AFP, PNP and the series of negotiations led by Mayor Salic, being the chairman of the Crisis Management Committee.
The victims were happily reunited with their respective families in the morning of December 14, 2010.
In the afternoon of that same day, December 14, another kidnap victim, Edgar T. Cuajao, was freed by his abductors in the town of Lumba Bayabao, Lanao del Sur, after almost three days in captivity.
Based on reports, Cuajao, a resident of Cagayan de Oro City and employee of a private company was abducted by unidentified men while buying bread in barangay Kauswagan, Cagayan de Oro City at about three o’clock in the afternoon on December 11.
Again, General Ardo attributed the safe release of Cuajao to the efforts of Mayor Salic, Lumba Bayabao Mayor Gambai Dagalangit and Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Vicente Emano and the Council of Elders in the area.
At about eight o’clock of that same day, December 14, another kidnap victim, Eufemia C. Trocio, 50 years old, businesswoman, and resident of barangay San Miguel, Iligan City was also released by her abductors in the town of Piagapo, Lanao del Sur.
Eufemia was allegedly kidnapped by a certain Caoling Dansal Motalib and her husband, allegedly due to an unsettled debt with Caoling, on November 3, 2010.
In an interview with Radyo ng Bayan, Police Superintendent Nasser Dima of the Lanao del Sur Provincial Police Office (LSPPO) said that again with the help of Mayor Salic, the 103rd IB, 65th IB, LSPPO, Marawi City Police Office and the Council of Elders, victim Eufemia was freed from her abductors after more than a month in captivity.
Dima said Eufemia was turned-over to NBI-Iligan and to Iligan City Police Office who are now handling the case against the alleged kidnappers.
Mayor Salic said no ransom money was paid to the alleged kidnappers. (Bobby Ilupa/DXSO Radyo ng Bayan Marawi, with Apipa Bagumbaran/PIA Marawi)
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