P14M reward for Quiboloy, et al to be given to ‘informants’ — PNP

An unspecified number of informants will receive the P14 million reward for giving information that led to the arrest of Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) leader Pastor Apollo Quiboloy and four others, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Tuesday.

In a press briefing, PNP spokesperson Police Colonel Jean Fajardo said Interior and Local Government Secretary Benhur Abalos, PNP chief Police General Rommel Marbil, and Police Regional Office 11 director Police Brigadier General Nicolas Torre III discussed the reward on Monday.

“Definitely, ito pong reward na P10 milyon para kay Pastor Quiboloy at tag-iisang milyon para doon sa apat ay ibibigay po iyan sa mga impormante,” Fajardo said.

(Definitely, this reward of P10 million for Pastor Quiboloy and P1 million for each of the four other accused will be given to the informants.)

“We cannot really reveal kung sino po sila at ilan po sila because manganganib po ang kanilang mga buhay. So pag-uusapan pa po yan kung sino-sino po yung entitled sa reward,” she added.

(We cannot really reveal who and how many they are because their lives will be in danger. It will be discussed who are the persons entitled to the reward.)

When asked if the informants who will receive the rewards are KOJC members, Fajardo said “I cannot confirm that.”

The police have been trying to implement arrest warrants against Quiboloy at the KOJC compound in Davao City since August 24.

According to the PNP on Sunday, Quiboloy surrendered after he was given an ultimatum to turn himself in within 24 hours, otherwise a building in the KOJC compound would be entered by authorities.

Quiboloy turned himself to the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP) at around 5:30 p.m. on Sunday

He and his other co-accused were afterwards brought to Camp Crame in Quezon City around 9:10 p.m. the same night.

According to KOJC legal counsel Atty. Israelito Torreon, Quiboloy decided to surrender to the police and military to stop the "lawless violence" in the KOJC compound.

“...Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy decided to surrender to the PNP/AFP because he does not want the lawless violence to continue to happen in the KOJC Compound,” Torreon said.

“...He could not bear to witness a second longer the sufferings that his flock was experiencing for many days,” he added. 

Arrest warrants were issued against Quiboloy and others for alleged violation of the Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation, and Discrimination Act as well as qualified human trafficking.

The religious leader has also been indicted by a federal grand jury in the US District Court for the Central District of California for conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion and sex trafficking of children; sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion; conspiracy; and bulk cash smuggling.

Quiboloy's camp has repeatedly denied the allegations against him.—RF, GMA Integrated News