MANILA – National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Nonnatus Rojas has relieved from their posts several personnel in relation to the escape of former Police Sr. Superintendent Cezar Mancao.
Among those relieved are Rodrigo Mapoy, division chief of the Security Management Division, and NBI agents Pablo Relamante and Ibrahim Musa, who were the 2 guards on duty at the detention facility at the time of Mancao's escape.
Other officers and jail guards are also under investigation.
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said she is not convinced that Mancao escaped without any help.
"Heads will roll, heads must roll, and we will not stop there," she said.
De Lima also clarified that while Mancao was covered by the Witness Protection Program, he was never officially a state witness. As such, he remains an accused in the Dacer-Corbito double murder case.
