Election exec, husband slain in ambush in Maguindanao del Norte

Maguindanao poll exec slain in ambush

Two days before the start of the campaign period for local positions, motorcycle-riding gunmen shot dead an election officer and her husband in Datu Odin Sinsuat in Maguindanao del Norte yesterday morning.

Election exec, husband slain in ambush in Maguindanao del Norte

Maguindanao del Norte map. INQUIRER FILES COTABATO CITY — The municipal election officer of Datu Odin Sinsuat town, Maguindanao del Norte province was killed along with her husband in an ambush on Wednesday morning. Lawyer Mohammad Nabil Mutia, provincial election supervisor of Maguindanao del Norte said Bai Maceda Lidasan-Abo was on her way to the office in Datu Odin Sinsuat’s Barangay Dalican when waylaid at around 8:30 a.m. along the national…

Police hunt killers of poll worker, husband in Maguindanao ambush

By Edwin Fernandez AMBUSH INVESTIGATION. Investigators examine the bullet-riddled vehicle of slain election officer Bai Maceda Abo in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte on Wednesday (March 26, 2025). Abo and her husband were killed in the attack that prompted a province-wide manhunt. (Photo courtesy of DXMS Cotabato) COTABATO CITY – Authorities launched a manhunt Wednesday after gunmen ambushed and killed a municipal election officer and h…

An official of the Commission on Elections, or Comelec, and her husband were killed in an ambush incident in Maguindanao del Norte province, according to police Wednesday. Brigadier General Romeo Macapaz, director of the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (PRO-BAR), said the incident occurred at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday in Barangay Makir, Datu Odin Sinuat, Maguindanao del Norte. The victims are known as Bai Maceda Lidasan Abo, the Da…

Zarate condemns surge in election violence after Comelec official’s slaying

FORMER House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate has strongly condemned the rise in election-related violence, following the ambush slaying of election officer Atty. Maceda Lidasan Abo and her husband, Jojo Abo, along the Cotabato-Shariff Aguak Road in Barangay Makir. The couple was fatally shot on Wednesday, March 26, while traveling along the national highway. Initial police reports indicate that unidentified gunme…

Election officer, husband killed in Maguindanao del Norte ambush

COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 26 March) — It’s getting bloody as two days before local candidates start their campaigns, a series of violence has marred the town of Datu Odin Sinsuat in Maguindanao del Norte. Scene of the Crime Operatives examine the SUV that carried Datu Odin Sinsuat election officer Maceda Lidasan Abo and husband Jojo, who were both killed in an ambush Wednesday morning (26 March 2025). Photo courtesy of Jerryme Ibañez Around 8:2…