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World gets smaller for Quiboloy
By J.Lo
“We will use all resources of government to make sure ends of justice will be met,” Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos said world of alleged human trafficker and sex offender Apollo Quiboloy is getting smaller as authorities have vowed to exhaust all available resources to arrest him after one of his co-accused was arrested last Thursday.
At press conference at Camp Crame he announced arrest of Paulene Canada, Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos expressed confidence Quiboloy, founder and leader of Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) ministry, would soon be caught by law enforcement agents.
Abalos vowed they will not stop until Quiboloy and his remaining co-accused are arrested and brought to court to face trial.
He assured fugitive religious leader of fair treatment.
Department of the Interior and Local Government chief earlier announced P10-million bounty on Quiboloy and reward of P1 million was also put up for his co-accused.
Since then, tipsters have been calling hotlines of Philippine National Police (PNP), claiming to have information on location of wanted sect leader.
With Canada’s arrest, Abalos said it is just matter of time before Quiboloy is apprehended.
“We will assure you this as what we have assured you before lumiliit na ang Pilipinas para sa kanya,” Abalos said.
He also chided former presidential spokesman Harry Roque, former presidential legal counsel Salvador Panelo and lawyer Ferdinand Topacio, who have been critical of government’s efforts to arrest Quiboloy. He said they should just convince sect leader to surrender.
“I am just appealing to your patriotism here…it would be better that way,” Abalos said.
Canada was arrested at her residence at Emily Homes Subdivision in Davao City on Thursday afternoon.
Brig. Gen. Nicolas Torre III, Police Regional Office 11 director, said area where Canada was apprehended is just two kilometers away from their headquarters in Camp Sgt. Quinto M. Merecido in Barangay Buhangin.
Canada wore orange shirt when she was presented to journalists at Camp Crame. She also had face mask and her head was covered with cloth.
Torre, barely month in his post as Davao region police chief, declined to comment on why previous police commanders were not able to apprehend Canada.
“I am not actually in a position to answer that,” he said. PNP chief Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil believes the bounty put up by unnamed private individuals was key factor in Canada’s arrest.
Torre echoed Marbil’s statement, saying there were many factors that led to Canada’s arrest.
“Bottomline is we have results,” he said.
The four other respondents in Quiboloy’s cases who remain at large are Cresente Canada, Ingrid Canada, Jackielyn Roy and Sylvia Cemanes.
Camp of Quiboloy, meanwhile, reiterated Marcos administration should disclose identities of individuals who helped put up P10-million bounty for fugitive religious leader.
At press conference Topacio said under the Constitution, people have right to information on the matter of public concern after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. defended decision of Abalos not to mention individuals who donated P10-million reward for Quiboloy.
“We are not saying that government should not provide bounty…that’s practice…what we are asking is who is behind reward because they don’t want to disclose the identity… public has right to know,” Topacio said.
Marcos challenged Quiboloy to come out of hiding as he maintained that government is just enforcing the law.
Topacio also questioned amount of the reward, noting that in May 2024, government only provided P1.9-million bounty to at least 11 tipsters.
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