Soldiers facilitate rido settlement in Tawi-Tawi!

Camp Navarro, Calarian, Zamboanga City – May 29, 2021 

Troops of the Joint Task Force Tawi-Tawi, in coordination with the municipal police station and local government officials of Sapa-Sapa, facilitated a rido settlement on May 27, 2021.

According to Western Mindanao Command Chief Lt. Gen. Corleto Vinluan, Jr. families who are involved in the feud are the Sariol and Ingkas clans.

“Based on the report from the Joint Task Force Tawi-Tawi, the conflict between these two families has finally come to an end through a settlement held at the Municipal Hall in Barangay Poblacion, Sapa Sapa, Tawi-Tawi,” said Lt. Gen. Vinluan, Jr.

The momentous event was presided by Councilor Putli Aisa Matolo, the President of Councilors League of Tawi-Tawi, together with Lt. Col. Venjie Pendon, Commanding Officer of Marine Battalion Landing Team 6.

Lt. Col. Pendon expressed his gratitude and appreciation to the two feuding clans represented by Birong Sariol, a former rebel who surrendered to the military, from Sariol clan; and Sabal Ingkas from Ingkas Clan.

Both parties signed a peace agreement with the following terms and conditions: to finally set the boundary of Sitio Patung-Patung and Sitio Sikawla, all of Sapa-Sapa as agreed by their clan heads in which both also agreed to only plant their seaweeds in the agreed boundaries; that the families involved in the armed conflict should never cross the agreed boundary and remain in their place to avoid any conflict which could endanger stability and peace in the area; and to stop provocative actions and acts of lingering and recurrence of armed conflict at all times which will be under stern warning and/or penalty by the duly constituted authority. 

Also, they voluntarily surrendered the following firearms to the MBLT6: from Sariol clan: one cal 7.62 G1 FAL rifle, with one magazine and four live ammunition, one M203 Grenade Launcher, one cal. 45 pistol Colt; and two cal .38 revolvers with; and from Ingkas clan: four cal .30 M1 Garand rifle, one cal. 9mm rifle with one magazine; six clips of M1 Garand magazine with 47 rounds of live ammunition. 

Joint Task Force Tawi-Tawi Commander Brig. Gen. Arturo Rojas said the two clans were locked in a series of violent armed encounters last February 2021 which resulted in the deaths of Birong’s son named Arsi Sariol and a certain Sibi from the Ingkas clan. 

“The initial settlement of feud between the two warring families was conducted on March 31,” Brig. Gen. Rojas stated. 

“This rido settlement will normalize the situation and bring forth peace and development in their community,” the commander added.

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