Aklan PNP: Maute family in Boracay shuns terrorism in Marawi

A Maute family in this resort island has shunned terrorism in Marawi City and has pledged cooperation to the Aklan Provincial Police Office (APPO.)

SPO1 Nida Gregas-Lachica, information officer of the APPO, in an interview on Thursday said the Maute family has recently coordinated with the Boracay Philippine National Police to clarify themselves.

"The family has been living in Boracay as a trader for the past eight years. They also testified that they are not connected to the Maute in Marawi," Gregas said.

A Maute family is being pinpointed by the military in Marawi to have pledged alliance to the ISIS together with the Abu Sayyaf Group. Some of the Maute families in Metro Manila and other parts of the country had been questioned relative to their possible connections to the terrorists.

Meanwhile, Gregas said that the APPO has also monitored four families who evacuated from the Marawi City.

"They arrived in Barangay Aquino, Ibajay Aklan on May 28 around 11:00 p.m. They had relatives there. Both the provincial and municipal offices of the Department of Social Welfare and Development had provided initial assistance to the evacuees," Gregas said.

It was gathered that the head of the family is a resident of Marawi and has since been working in the Commission of Audit.

"Two of the four families will be going back to Iligan City this weekend. The two others are planning to stay for good in the province for the education of their children," Gregas said.

Both the Maute in Boracay and evacuees from Marawi City underwent profiling by the police.