Police Major General Benjamin Acorda Jr. is the new chief of the PNP, making him the second to lead the national police force under the administration of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. | BPinlacINQ
raiding the residence of the alleged leader of a gun-for-hire syndicateThe group, according to Acorda, was “responsible for some election-related violence recorded in the province in the past.”
While Acorda had ordered the Bukidnon police to conduct an in-depth probe “that will give clarity to the incident,” he also said: “The reason for the presence of presidential candidate Leody de Guzman and his party in the area cannot be ascertained and there wasThis was disputed by de Guzman, who said authorities were well aware in advance about the conduct of their activity with community leaders.
Acorda is left to tie the loose ends of a massive controversy on the alleged involvement of high-ranking PNP officials in covering up the 2022 arrest of a now-sacked police officer linked to the P6.7-billion shabu seized in an operation in Manila. Abalos said there was a massive attempt to cover up the irregularities in the seizure of the hefty volume of drugs, butAs PNP chief, Acorda will also sit as ex-officio commissioner of the National Police Commission .
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