ZAMBOANGA CITY, Zamboanga Sibugay—A former barangay councilor who was reportedly one of the top dealers of illegal drugs in the area, was shot dead Friday morning by two armed men aboard a motorcycle at Barangay Buenavista here, police said.
A report received by city police director Sr. Supt. Luisito Magnaye from Curuan Police Station commander Chief Inspector Ramon Bautista said former Muti barangay official Yusop H. Ujujan, 44, was driving his Honda XRM motorcycle with his wife and teenage son bound for nearby barangay Curuan when the assailants chased him.
After catching up with Ujujan, the other vehicle’s back rider fired at him. The victim and his family then fell on the concrete road.
The gunman approached the wounded Ujujan and shot him several more times on the head and chest, killing him instantly.
The suspects fled towards an unknown direction.
Responding cops recovered six spent shells of .45 caliber at the crime scene.
Chief Inspector Bautista claimed that Ujajun was allegedly the fourth most wanted drug dealer in this highly urbanized city.