Espenido assigned to IloIlo City by President Duterte
President Rodrigo Duterte decided to assign Espenido to Iloilo City after the police official said he wants to go after the city’s mayor, Jed Mabilog. Duterte said on Monday confirmed that he is sending Chief Inspector Jovie Espenido to Iloilo, which the chief executive once described as the “most shabulized” city in the country. "You asked for the assignment sa Leyte, namatay ang mayor doon. You asked for another assignment sa Ozamiz, namatay ang mayor doon - si Parojinog. Ngayon gusto mo sa Iloilo kasi nga si Mabilog has been identified as a protector," Duterte said, The President has said that Iloilo province is a bedrock of illegal drug trading in the Visayas region, an allegation denied by the province’s mayors, including Mabilog.