Monah Idjirani, a mother of two and a local trader in Patikul, said they were not able to get inside Jolo to buy food for iftar due to the lockdown. “A detachment in Barangay Tagbak in Indanan prevented us from going inside Jolo,” he said. But Maj. Gerald Monfort, public affairs officer of the Joint Task Force Sulu, denied the military had imposed a lockdown in Jolo. Security measure“What we did was implement strict security measures … to preempt the monitored Abu Sayyaf plan to bomb key installations in Jolo,” he said. The military in Sulu appealed for understanding since the security measures would disrupt the activities of residents.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 20, 2019 21:22 UTC