Espenido breaks his silence: PNP committed failure of intelligence on drug list

DRUG-LISTED. Jovie Espenido during a Senate probe into the death of the late Rolando Espinosa Sr. Photo by LeAnne Jazul/Rappler, the drug war poster boy who was included in President Rodrigo Duterte’s own drug list, has broken his silence, accusing his higher-ups of committing “failure of intelligence.”

“It’s not only a failure, it's a frustration of the intelligence community,” an exasperated Espenido said in a phone interview with Rappler on Monday, February 17.Espenido believes that his name was planted in the controversial drug list by well-connected people, who whispered to his superiors that he was involved in the illegal drugs trade.

He also believes that PNP officials, including top cop General Archie Gamboa, failed him in verifying information about him. This is the first time in recent police history that a police official spoke openly against his own superiors.Espenido said his name was first included in 2016, months after President Rodrigo Duterte assumed office, but he recalled being cleared from the list after his name was supposedly verified to be clean.

He was surprised when he was called to fly from Bacolod to Manila for a meeting with Gamboa in Camp Crame on Friday, February 7, after he was relieved. At around 2 pm, he made his way to Camp Crame’s Multi-Purpose Center or the MPC, expecting a small meeting. But when he arrived, he saw hundreds of cops, some of them surprised and wondering why he was there. (READ:

darl_dl Failure lang, walang intelligence.

Awww... If this is true, this is BIG! 'IF' this is true. Need. To. Probe more. 😭

The Question Why Did you terminate Espinosa and Parajinog? For sure they are the source of truth. what is the hidden Agenda of terminating them, one was already in detention? It's a big Question mark Espinido and no one will be in peace. Your integrity and principle is on stakes.

Failure of intelligence... yup mukhang ganun nman. 🙄

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