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to almost P19 million at the residential compound of former Negros Oriental Gov. Pryde Henry Teves at Barangay Caranoche in Sta. Catalina town.
Pryde Henry was proclaimed winner in the May 2022 gubernatorial race in the province but was ordered to step down in October 2022 when the Commission on Elections declared that Degamo was the real winner after adding to his votes those of a nuisance candidate named “Ruel Degamo.”Valmonte, at a press briefing here on Sunday, stressed that they had counted and documented the money they recovered and assured “no single centavo will be [lost].
“I reached out to the DOJ. They need me … to answer some questions so they can put [the details] together. I am very willing also, I have no problem with it,” he said. Valmonte said an informant told authorities about the location of the weapons. The agents had to dig up some parts of the compound with the use of a backhoe to recover the firearms.
But three persons were arrested by the CIDG. These were Nigel Electona, chief security of HDJ Tolong; Jeson Timtim, a security guard; and Dionilo Mayagma Jr., a fire truck driver.“He will be charged also because based on the documents that are available to our disposal, he is the one in control of the premises,” he said.Valmonte repeatedly stressed that the raid had nothing to do with the killing of Degamo and eight others in Pamplona town of Negros Oriental on March 4.
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