However, the process was halted when Duterte in a May 31 speech declared he "will not talk to terrorists". He said the aide agreed that Sharief would accompany the Maute brothers' influential mother, Farhana, by helicopter to meet Duterte in nearby Cagayan De Oro or Davao City. I told him that I need a chopper to get the mother of the Maute brothers to bring her to the president. "I called the Maute brothers and their mother ... The Maute brothers' father, Cayamora Maute, was apprehended three days earlier in Davao City.

Source: The Star July 05, 2017 10:07 UTC