Three brothers listed as top level drug pushers in Lapu-Lapu City surrendered to the Marigondon police yesterday afternoon.
Fifty-nine-year-old Rolando “Landie” Oyao, 57-year-old Paquito “Kipot” Oyao and 52-year-old Donie “Danny” Oyao, were accompanied by their brother, former Agus Barangay Chairman Remegio “Bo” Oyao to the Marigondon police precinct.
Bo Oyao said his brothers have not dealt in drugs for more than a year since their release from jail.
“Ako napasanginlan lang nga naapil aning illegal drugs pero tungod to sa away sa negosyo pero wala ko anang illegal drugs kay negosyante ko (I was only mistaken to be involved in illegal drugs due to business rivalry, but I’m not into illegal drugs because I am a businessman),” Bo Oyao said.
Oyao said he persuaded his brothers to clear their names since they are still in the Lapu-Lapu City police’s drug watchlist.
The four men were accompanied by their cousin, Barangay Agus Councilman Jun-Jun Oyao.
About 11 other self-confessed drug users and pushers from Barangay Agus went with Barangay Agus Councilman Jun-Jun Oyao to surrender.
Bo Oyao said he had constantly advised his brothers to quit the illegal drug trade when they were active but they heeded his advice only after they were released from jail.
He said he even encouraged them to help him in his hauling business.
Bo Oyao said he plans to run in the October barangay elections this year, so he asked his brothers to clear their names with police.
“Lisud sab baya ang operation karon sa mga police kay patay na gyud (The police are intensifying their operations now and they won’t hesitate to kill),” Bo Oyao said.
Insp. Alcon Escosura, Marigondon police precinct chief, said the Oyao brothers don’t have pending arrest warrants but they received unverified reports that they are still engaged in the illegal drug trade.
He said they will still monitor their movements to determine if they had really changed their ways.
DOMIE, ROLANDO AND PAQUITO OYAO THE SELF CONFESSED DRUG PUSHERS BROTHERS SURRENDERED TO POLICE STATION 4 IN MARIGONDON, LAPU-LAPU CITY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.(CONTIBUTED PHOTO/P03 ROSVELT P. MATUOG)
Police took fingerprints, mug shots and profiling of the three Oyao brothers.
The Oyao brothers are also suspects in the murder of PO3 Antonio Inihao last February though the perpetrators of the crime have yet to be identified.
A week after Inihao’s murder, a suspect identified as Joel Oyao Amistad was supposed to be invited for questioning but died after being gunned down by police for resisting arrest.
Bo Oyao said he knew Amistad as a garbage collector who worked in the barangay and denied that he was involved in Inihao’s death since he doesn’t know how to drive a motorcycle.
In the past few days since the implementation of Oplan Tokhang, 89 persons have surrendered to the police for fear of the Duterte administration’s warning of a “relentless war” on illegal drugs.