Col. Alexander Macario, commander of the Special Operations Task Force Basilan, confirmed the abduction but declined to give details.
But Macario said the incident took place at around 3:15 p.m. in sitio Libi, barangay Bulanting, Lamitan City.
Lt. Col. Randolph Cabangbang, spokesman of the Western Mindanao Command identified the kidnap victim as Virgilio Fernandez of the MACE Construction Company.
Initial investigations showed the kidnap group behind Fernandez’s abduction were led by Musana Jamiri and Boy Mu. Their group is under the band of ASG subleader nu Hassan Jamiri, he said.
(Zaff Solmerin and Bong Garcia)
