The chief of the Police Regional Office-Davao (PRO-11) has been relieved from his post effective Friday, June 14, 2024.

PRO-11 said the relief of Brigadier General Aligre Martinez may have something to do with the serving of arrest warrants against Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) leader Pastor Apollo Quiboloy and five others on June 10, 2024.

“It is one of the considerations,” PRO-11 Spokesperson, Major Catherine Dela Rey, said.

KOJC and former President Rodrigo Duterte have condemned and called the service of the warrants ‘excessive and overkill.’ However, police maintained that it was a lawful operation.

Police Brigadier General Nicolas Torre III has replaced Martinez.

“Confirmed na na-relieve po ang current Regional Director ng Police Regional Office 11 Police Brigadier General Aligre Martinez effective June 14, 2024. At siya po ay papalitan ni Police Brigadier General Nicolas Torre III,” Dela Rey said.

Martinez was installed as PRO-11 chief on April 25, 2024, replacing Brigadier General Alden Delvo who retired from the police service. Martinez will be reassigned to the Police Holding and Accounting Unit in Camp Crame.

Torre, on the other hand, was the former chief of the Quezon City Police District. He resigned from his post amid the investigation into the road rage incident involving a former policeman and a cyclist.

He will leave his current post as director of the PNP Communications and Electronics Service to serve in PRO-11.

The formal turnover of command is yet to be scheduled, as of this writing.