Madriaga claims he 'disposed' of OVP's P125-M confidential funds 'in less than 24 hours'. Screenshot from House livestream

MANILA — Ramil Madriaga, who accused Vice President Sara Duterte of corruption and other wrongdoing, appeared Tuesday before the House Committee on Justice as it continued hearings on the impeachment complaints against her.

Madriaga, who claimed he was a bagman of Duterte, read a supplemental affidavit detailing several accusations against the Vice President and her family. But one of his fresh allegations was that he "personally disposed" of the Office of the Vice President's P125-million confidential funds in less than a day under her supposed instructions.

"A few years later, I read from several media reports that the One Hundred Twenty-Five Million Pesos (PhP125,000,000.00) OVP confidential funds in 2022 were reportedly utilized in just eleven (11) days," Madriaga wrote in a supplemental affidavit.

"This is wrong because I personally disposed the money in less than twenty-four (24) hours."

Specifically, Madriaga said he disposed of sums of money in around 18 hours.

“Ang dispose po, hindi ko yun ni-utilize. I just delivered it, somebody disposed it. Other than me, I disposed it to them. Sila na ang nag-utilize, sila na ang gumamit. Labas na ‘ko sa pag-utilize,” he explained.

In 2024, the OVP’s assistant chief of staff explained how the P125 million confidential funds were used in the span of 11 days, some of which were supposedly for their office’s "confidence building."

The official had said the confidence building aimed to ensure that "no threat will happen to the institution."

DETAILS OF ALLEGED DELIVERIES

Madriaga detailed in the affidavit that he had been tasked to provide security and intelligence work through the formation of the Vice Presidential Security and Protection Group (VPSPG).

Madriaga said that from July 2022 to April 2023, he provided security for Duterte, including "handling and conveying of highly confidential information, and the transportation of large amounts of money to several persons as instructed by Sara."

Madriaga said on Dec. 20, 2022, Duterte phoned him with instructions to deliver money to San Pablo, Laguna; Nightstrip, and the Office of the Ombudsman.

He said he went to the Department of Education office with four other individuals. There, two "government vehicles" allegedly entered the compound, which later unloaded four large bags, which supposedly contained P30 million to P35 million each.

Two large dark bags were placed in the Toyota Grandia, and one large dark bag and one lighter-colored bag were placed in my Blue FJ Cruiser, Madriaga said.

"The bags loaded to the Toyota Grandia were to be delivered separately to San Pablo, Laguna and Nommu Basho, Tomas Morato, Quezon City on the same day," he said.

"The remaining bags initially loaded to my Blue FJ Cruiser were immediately transferred to the Red Mazda Sedan prior to our departure from the DepEd compound, and were to be delivered to the OMB Parking Lot the following day. Then, the Red Mazda Sedan proceeded directly to my residence in Cainta, Rizal and was driven by a certain 'Noel/Roel.'"

Before leaving the DepEd Central Office, Madriaga said he took P1 million for himself from the lighter-colored bag loaded to the Red Mazda Sedan.

"That's when I verified that the contents of the bags were bundles of cash in one thousand denominations and packed in stacks of one million pesos each tightly sealed in a transparent plastic," he said.

On the same day, Madriaga said he went to Cabuyao and was "then instructed to proceed to an area inside the Industrial Park to meet individuals who were designated to receive the first bag for a politician in Laguna."

One of the three persons at the designated area "took on the bags," Madriaga wrote.

They then went to a comedy bar in Tomas Morato in Quezon City where a man "came out of a room and received the bag" from one of his aides, he said.

Madriaga said they made the last delivery the next day morning to the Office of the Ombudsman.

Duterte is facing accusations of misusing a total of P612.5-million confidential funds of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department DepEd, which she has repeatedly denied.

Duterte and her lawyers have repeatedly denied that there was irregularity in the use of the confidential funds.

The Commission on Audit previously confirmed that the P125 million in confidential and intelligence funds transferred in 2022 was spent by the OVP in just 11 days.

DUMMY ACCOUNTS

Madriaga claimed that at least six dummy accounts were opened under his name during the presidency of Duterte's father Rodrigo supposedly for "'intelligence operations' and for laundering."

Madriaga claimed the Duterte patriarch instructed him to pick up money from banks and bring them to the Palace, including three separate occasions involving P100 million each.

He said separate transactions involving checks worth P84.2 million and P4.8 million were also issued and delivered to "one of our safehouses in Eastwood, Quezon City."

TERM-SHARING, COUP PLOT AGAINST MARCOS

Madriaga also claimed that Sara and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. supposedly agreed that in 2025, “BBM will voluntarily step down to give way for a Sara presidency.”

He said the Duterte camp considered sabotaging Marcos’ administration by revealing corruption issues to trigger an impeachment complaint, should he deviate from the supposed agreement.

He added that if Marcos refuses to step down, “extraordinary measures of overthrowing BBM will be considered which include assassination, mass resignation of government officials, civil disobedience, and even an armed assault of Malacañang Palace.”

“It was also considered by PRRD to arrange assassinations or armed hits of several government officials in order to cause massive civil unrest,” Madriaga said in his affidavit.

“The resulting civil unrest will be used as basis to organize a group of military officers to stage a coup,” he added.

Madriaga said he was assigned to recruit civil groups, school clubs, fraternities, criminal groups, and syndicates.

ABS-CBN News has sought Vice President Duterte's reaction to the allegations.

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One of Ramil Madriaga's fresh allegations against her was that the P125-million confidential funds of the Office of the Vice President had been utilized in less than a day.

Madriaga claims he 'disposed' of OVP's P125-M confidential funds 'in less than 24 hours'

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Madriaga claims he 'disposed' of OVP's P125-M confidential funds 'in less than 24 hours'

Marilyn Cahatol,

Rowegie Abanto,

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Published April 14, 2026 02:24 PM PHT

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Updated April 14, 2026 03:47 PM PHT

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