Matobato On Lascañas: ‘Yan ang pinakadelikadong tao sa amin’

Edgar Matobato broke his silence on the claims of SPO3 Lascañas against Pres. Duterte.

EDGAR MATOBATO – Self-confessed ‘hitman’ Edgar Matobato spoke after SPO3 Arthur Lascañas revealed his claims against Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte.

The recent claims expressed by retired police officer MatobatoMatobato has sparked lots of news headlines.

Recently, Edgar Matobato who previously claimed about the alleged existence of the Davao Death Squad broke his silence over the cop’s claims against Pres. Duterte.

According to a recent news report in ABS-CBN News, after SPO3 Lascañas admitted that he was also one of those in the DDS, Matobato expressed happiness as it backed up his previous claims that Pres. Duterte had ordered killings during the time when he was the mayor of Davao City.

Based on excerpts of the interview of ABS-CBN reporter Niko Baua with the self-confessed ‘hitman’ of Mr. Duterte, Matobato claims that the retired cop is the “right hand” of Mr. Duterte.

“Yan ang pinakadelikadong tao sa amin, siya talaga ang team leader namin [He is the most dangerous person among us, he is really our team leader],” Matobato said based on the excerpt.

Edgar Matobato
Edgar Matobato / Screengrabbed from Video Posted on ABS-CBN News

Matobato also claimed that he was with SPO3 Lascañas for almost 25 years. He said that he and the police officer were always together – in sleeping in a hotel and in going to malls. Matobato said that they were like brothers.

Based on the excerpt of the interview posted on the source’s site, Matobato said that the retired cop has almost offered his whole life in serving the then-Mayor of Davao City. He really does what Mr. Duterte wants according to Matobato.

“Close na close sila ni Mayor Duterte [He is really close with Mayor Duterte],” said Matobato.

The self-confessed ‘hitman’ of Mr. Duterte also said that he knew that it was SPO3 Lascañas who ordered the killings of his own brothers however he did not reveal it as he does not want to get into the personal life of the cop.

Edgar Matobato
SPO3 Arthur Lascañas / Screengrabbed from Video posted in Inquirer

According to Matobato, he is ready to face all the charges filed against him as he has already offered his life to the Almighty. He just wanted to let everyone know what the 71-year-old President has done when he was the Davao City mayor.

Undeniably, Pres. Duterte now is facing lots of issues most especially after SPO3 Lascañas, based on a previous news report, expressed his claim that it was Pres. Duterte when he was still the Davao City mayor who ordered his group to kill broadcaster Jun Pala in 2003.

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