CEBU Provincial Police Office (CPPO) Director Patrocinio Comendador ordered all police chiefs to be on watch for Ruben Ecleo Jr., after he was allegedly sighted yesterday off Talisay City on board a sea vessel bound for Dinagat.
“If ever he will be spotted by the police, we will arrest him. It’s public knowledge that he has a warrant of arrest,” he said.
However, Talisay City Police Station Chief Eddie Recamara denied the unconfirmed reports.
“So far wala man. Malipay hinuon mi kay kami makadakop niya (We’d be happy if we get to arrest him),” he said.
Recamara added that police assets are deployed at the port, which will look over the presence of any suspects.
Crime Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) 7 Director Jose Pante has recommended to the Cebu Provincial Government that Ecleo be placed in the most wanted list to speed up his arrest.
Ecleo, supreme master of the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association, is charged with parricide for allegedly killing his wife Alona Bacolod-Ecleo in January 2002.
Ecleo has also been convicted of graft by the Sandiganbayan for the anomalous construction of projects when he was still mayor of San Jose, Surigao Del Norte from 1991 to 1994.
He won as congressman of Dinagat Island during the May 10 elections, while he was out on bail in the parricide case.
Ecleo has eluded authorities trying to enforce the warrants for his arrest.
The prosecution in the parricide case against Ecleo called on the police force to continue hunting the fugitive lawmaker.
Lawyer Fritz Quinanola said they also received “very raw” information about the supposed whereabouts of Ecleo in Cebu.
But he said the information was unconfirmed and that the police could use their own resources in the meantime and continue hunting Ecleo.
“If ever he will be spotted by the police, we will arrest him. It’s public knowledge that he has a warrant of arrest,” he said.
However, Talisay City Police Station Chief Eddie Recamara denied the unconfirmed reports.
“So far wala man. Malipay hinuon mi kay kami makadakop niya (We’d be happy if we get to arrest him),” he said.
Recamara added that police assets are deployed at the port, which will look over the presence of any suspects.
Crime Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) 7 Director Jose Pante has recommended to the Cebu Provincial Government that Ecleo be placed in the most wanted list to speed up his arrest.
Ecleo, supreme master of the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association, is charged with parricide for allegedly killing his wife Alona Bacolod-Ecleo in January 2002.
Ecleo has also been convicted of graft by the Sandiganbayan for the anomalous construction of projects when he was still mayor of San Jose, Surigao Del Norte from 1991 to 1994.
He won as congressman of Dinagat Island during the May 10 elections, while he was out on bail in the parricide case.
Ecleo has eluded authorities trying to enforce the warrants for his arrest.
The prosecution in the parricide case against Ecleo called on the police force to continue hunting the fugitive lawmaker.
Lawyer Fritz Quinanola said they also received “very raw” information about the supposed whereabouts of Ecleo in Cebu.
But he said the information was unconfirmed and that the police could use their own resources in the meantime and continue hunting Ecleo.
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