NBI investigating ex-Velasco security aide's claims he delivered P2B to Sara Duterte
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Police Corporal Rodulfo Gracioso Jr., who claimed to have served as former House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco’s head of security, alleged that he delivered suitcases containing cash to Vice President Sara Duterte, former President Rodrigo Duterte, and Davao City 1st District Representative Paolo Duterte on Velasco’s instructions.
In an exclusive interview with GMA News, Gracioso estimated that he delivered around P2 billion to the vice president on more than 20 occasions.
“Aabot siguro ma’am, mga dalawang bilyon, lampas pa. Lahat-lahat. Mga P2B pataas.” (Probably around P2 billion, even more. More than P2 billion in all.)
Asked how many times he had brought Sara Duterte cash and gifts, he said: “Yung tanda ko lang siguro. More than 20 siguro.” (As far as I can recall, probably more than 20.)
Gracioso said he served as Velasco’s head of security beginning in 2018, when Velasco was a congressman, and continued working for him during his speakership from 2020 to 2022.
The National Bureau of Investigation gave GMA News a copy of Gracioso’s sworn affidavit where he detailed alleged deliveries of suitcases containing P20 million to P50 million each to locations in Metro Manila, Davao and elsewhere. —LDF, GMA News
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