OLO, Sulu, Philippines - Rep. Lady Ann Sahidulla (2nd District, Sulu) have all the reason to be glad after a suspect in the May 13, 2009 bomb explosion in Sulu has cleared her along with former Tapul Mayor Nasser Daud whom he had earlier implicated in the incident during an investigation by authorities.
In the investigation, Abner Sahali Tahil claimed that Sahidulla, who was the former Sulu vice governor, and Daud met at the residence of former Sulu Rep. Munir Arbison in Kakuyagan Village, this town, to plan the bombing and alleged assassination of Sulu Gov. Abdusakur Tan.
Tahil, who was arrested in Jolo on August 25, also denied any knowledge about the May 13 explosion at the vicinity of the provincial capitol in Patikul, Sulu.
Also, Tahil claimed that he was allegedly coerced to admit to the contents of his September 1, 2010 extrajudicial confession in Zamboanga City implicating Arbison, Temogen Tulawie, Sahidulla, and Daud in a supposed assassination plot against the Sulu governor.
"Abner Tahil further averred that the responsible of the bombing on May 13, 2009 against the convoy of Governor Tan were the group of Temogen Tulawie being financed by Munir Arbison, Vice Governor Lady Ann Sahidulla and other political leaders," the supplemental case report dated September 2, 2010 read in part.
