The relatives and neighbors of slain Ozamiz City mayor, Reynaldo “Aldong” Parojinog are grieving.

Also killed in the alleged raid were the wife, two siblings, and men of the mayor at his home in Brgy. Sta Cruz Ozamiz City, early dawn Sunday.

According to the mayor’s neighbors who refused to face the camera, the authorities did not conduct a raid but a massacre.

“For us, what they did is not a raid, but a massacre. If that’s raid, they should have personally talked to the mayor, and not just broke into the house. There were no exchanges of fire. We did not even hear fire exchanges,” said the mayor’s neighbor, Jonaly Bayron.

Meanwhile, in a special session conducted by the City Council of Ozamiz earlier, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) appointed 2nd Councilor Irene E. Luansing as the acting mayor of the city, and not 1st Councilor Ricardo Parojinog who is currently on the run.

Councilor Michael Tagal will serve as the vice mayor of Ozamis.

Until now, all officials of the city remain mum on what really happened to their mayor and his men.

The remains of the Parojinog couple are currently at the Gamalinda Funeral Homes and will later be brought to the covered court in Barangay San Roque.

The neighbors of the Parojinog said, Vice Mayor Nova Princess Parojinog’s instruction is to bury her parents’ remains at the said place.

The UNTV News tried to get the comment of Ozamis Police Chief Inspector Jovie Espenido on the matter, but he has yet to reply to our text and call. – Victor Cosare | UNTV News & Rescue

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