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Espenido won't be Iloilo City top cop- PNP

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/08/15/jovie-espenido-jc-2017-081517.jpg"/><figcaption>Chief Inspector Jovie Espenido. ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div><h3>&#x27;Bato&#x27;: Espenido to stay in Ozamiz City </h3>MANILA (UPDATE) - Chief Inspector Jovie Espenido, one of President Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s key anti-drug enforcers, will no longer be Iloilo City&#x27;s top cop. Provincial Police Office 6 head Chief Supt. Cesar Hawthorne Binag announced this Saturday in a press conference at Camp Delgado in Iloilo City. He did not say why. Binag said his office received the order from the Philippine National Police (PNP) headquarters in Camp Crame only Friday.He said Senior Supt. Henry Biñas of the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office would instead take the Iloilo City post.PNP chief Director General Ronald &quot;Bato&quot; dela Rosa said Espenido will stay in his current assignment. &quot;Yes. He will remain in Ozamiz City,&quot; he told ABS-CBN News.&quot;Mag-people power ang mga Ozamiz residents kung maaalis si Espenido from Ozamiz. They feel unsafe, unless Ardot Parojinog is accounted for,&quot; Dela Rosa said. Dela Rosa was referring to Ozamiz City Councilor Ricardo &quot;Ardot&quot; Parojinog, brother of slain Ozamiz Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog, who remains at large following a deadly July 30 <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/02/17/another-parojinog-dies-ozamiz-raid-death-toll-hits-16">raid</a> where the chief executive and 15 others were killed. Binag did not go into details about the cancellation of Espenido&#x27;s assignment but clarified that it has nothing to do with the death of the region&#x27;s most wanted drug lord, Richard Prevendido, Friday night.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/01/17/suspected-top-drug-lord-killed-in-iloilo-city">READ: Suspected top drug lord killed in Iloilo City</a></li></ul>The alleged drug lord was killed in a police operation just days after Espenido&#x27;s assignment was announced. The latter was, however, not involved in the raid. Espenido was chief of police in Albuera, Leyte when Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr., died in a pre-dawn raid in his detention cell in November 2016.Reynaldo Parojinog, who Duterte also tied to the illegal drug trade, was meanwhile killed in a police operation last July, just months after Espenido was assigned as Ozamiz police chief. President Rodrigo Duterte had announced Monday that Espenido would be the new police chief of Iloilo City, which he had once described as the &quot;most shabulized&quot; in the country.&quot;Your next assignment is Iloilo,&quot; Duterte had told Espenido in a speech during the celebration of National Heroes Day at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Heroes&#x27; Cemetery) in Taguig City.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/28/17/duterte-assigns-espenido-to-iloilo">READ: Duterte assigns Espenido to Iloilo</a></li></ul>Espenido previously said he wanted to go to Iloilo to go after mayor Jed Mabilog, an official on Duterte&#x27;s list of alleged narco-politicians. <ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/31/17/nbi-inspects-iloilo-city-mayor-mabilogs-house">READ: NBI inspects Iloilo City mayor Mabilog&#x27;s </a></li></ul>&quot;You asked for the assignment sa Leyte, namatay ang mayor doon. You asked for another assignment sa Ozamiz, namatay ang mayor doon - si Parojinog. Ngayon gusto mo sa Iloilo kasi nga si Mabilog has been identified as a protector,&quot; Duterte said, addressing Espenido in his speech.On Wednesday, Dela Rosa said Espenido was designated officer-in-charge of the Iloilo City Police. He said he might also be promoted soon so his rank would suit the post.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/30/17/espenido-now-iloilo-city-police-officer-in-charge-says-bato">READ: DESIGNATED: Espenido now Iloilo City police officer-in-charge, says &#x27;Bato&#x27;</a></li></ul>Mabilog, meanwhile, has denied drug links.While he welcomed Espenido&#x27;s assignment to his city, he admitted fears for his family&#x27;s safety, to which the police official <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/29/17/espenido-tells-iloilo-mayor-why-be-afraid">responded</a> that he should have nothing to fear if he is not involved in illegal activities.

Chief Inspector Jovie Espenido, one of President Rodrigo Duterte's key anti-drug enforcers, will no longer be Iloilo City's top cop.

Chief Inspector Jovie Espenido, one of President Rodrigo Duterte's key anti-drug enforcers, will no longer be Iloilo City's top cop.