AFTER the surgery to remove the bullet from his body, Lanao del Sur Governor Mamintal Adiong Jr., made family members smile as he asked for pancakes and a cup of steamy coffee for breakfast.
Mohammad Khalid Adiong said he was very happy when his father woke up yesterday morning asking for pancakes and coffee.
“Pancakes are his favorite breakfast food. I know he is okay when he asked for it,” Adiong said.
Rep. Zia Adiong (1st District, Lanao del Sur) said his brother, 57-year-old Governor Adiong, had surgery to remove a bullet from his right hip.
“It was not life-threatening and my brother sleep the entire Friday night after the surgery,” Adiong said.
Governor Adiong was wounded when unidentified gunmen ambushed his convoy in barangay Delimbayan, Maguing town while he was on his way to Wao town in Lanao del Sur.
He was riding in a Toyota Land Cruiser and was the third vehicle in a seven-car convoy when the gunmen fired from both sides.
Zia said “Kobi”, the driver was killed immediately while a staff member identified as Ali Macapado Tabao was wounded.
He said the rest of the convoy stopped to help the wounded governor who asked them to seek police and medical help in the nearby town of Omar Manabilang.
Three of Adiong’s security people were also killed. They were identified as Juraj Adiong, Aga Sumander, and Jali Cosain. All were policemen assigned as security for Adiong.
Zia said a stream of visitors have been arriving at the Polymedic hospital Saturday that their family opted to place governor Adiong in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) to allow him to rest.
“He is very alert and his wound was not life-threatening. We just wanted him to have a good rest,” Zia said.
