ATTACK ON NERI ANOTHER HOAX

A couple of weeks ago, the Quezon City house of Social Security System (SSS) Secretary Romulo Neri was peppered with bullets by fourteen armed men clad in fatigue uniforms. Ironically, the controversial personality who became embroiled in the multi-million dollar broadband network deal in 2007 brushed off the incident and has not even made any attempt to help the authorities in identifying the culprits. His questionable approach to the incident has then led political observers to believe that he was actually expecting the violent and daring act to be staged on his residence.

A very keen observer would even believe Neri was staging his own kidnapping. Was this what Neri was up with all the speculation that he knew and was expecting the attack? An unimpeachable source clarified that the SSS Secretary was supposed to attend a meeting at eight o’clock that very morning but unexpectedly deferred his attendance for no apparent reason. He even reduced his security detail from ten to three, only last month, leading one to believe that he was indeed preparing the stage for his so-called abduction much like what Jun Lozada also attempted and failed to do last year upon his controversial return to the country.

However, much like Lozada, Neri underestimated his security aide and did not expect himself to be defended from his attackers. The gullible secretary must have thought that the sheer number of armed men would lead his security aides to back down and allow entry of the attackers to his house, thereby succeeding in acting out his abduction. As sourced out, the armed men were equipped with a sledgehammer and were supposed to force down the main gate to “get” to Neri. However, shots from inside which the attackers apparently did not anticipate made them abandon their plan.

The source further revealed that the attackers were known experts in their so-called trade of attack being long-time paid kidnappers, proven by their move in commandeering two vans and subsequently abandoning these for two other get-away vehicles near the area of their target, all backed up by a well-off padrino as proven by the lease made on a warehouse for P105,000.00 which was paid in full and in cold cash, a full a day prior to the attack.

Information obtained from another reliable source revealed that Neri was supposed to be held “incommunicado” a few days after his abduction. He was also scheduled to do an exposé, via live feed, against the Arroyo family to intentionally re-ignite the ZTE-NBN scandal and thereby create the much-needed critical mass to finally force out President Arroyo from Malacañang, which would then be supplemented by a military takeover. As the planned alternative, a call to install a transitional revolutionary government, a plan grounded by and being peddled by Senator Ping Lacson, will also be made. Obviously with this plan SSS Secretary Romulo Neri would definitely have served as Ping Lacson’s new witness and will be paraded under Lacson’s already long drawn out exposés in Senate.