Rep. Arnolfo “Arnie” Teves Jr. (Neg. Or., 3rd District) said he has received information that three active Scout Rangers have been sent to Negros to assassinate him and two other members of his family.
Their targets are him, his brother former Negros Oriental Gov. Henry Teves and his son former Board Member Kurt Matthew Teves, the congressman told DIGICAST NEGROS on Tuesday, December 27.
The congressman said he recorded a video message on his Facebook page to inform President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. and Secretary Roman Felix of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Military Affairs that he received A1 information on the assassination plot.
Maj. Gen. Benedict Arevalo, Army 3rd Infantry Division commander, said he had not received any information on Teves’ claims and will look into the matter.
The congressman, in his video, said he was informed that the three Scout Rangers are in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, and their target are members of the Teves camp.
Their target are likely to be the Teveses and their political allies, he said.
The information he received is that the three Scout Rangers received P250,000 each in down payment and “they were promised P40 million for the three heads”, Teves said.
Teves asked who are behind the three that they have been able to pin their locations through their cellular phones, which only the military have the capability to do.
“We are not 100 percent sure, but it’s at more than 80 percent,” he said.
Teves also alleged that 50 M-16 rifles purchased by his political opponents were brought into Negros Oriental from Negros Occidental.
They have also recruited a lot of people from the hinterlands, he said.
Teves asked why the Army and police have not arrested the people behind the bringing in of the firearms and the conduct of the recruitment activities.
His information is that policemen escorted the transport of the firearms, Teves added.
Teves also said his brother, Henry, was followed to a restaurant at Bonifacio Global City by five persons with Army cut hair.
The five persons surrounded the area where his brother was and it is a good thing his men noticed their presence and he was able to escape, Teves said.*