“No one is above the law, anywhere in the world. Not even Apollo Quiboloy.”
This is what Senator Risa Hontiveros said after a Makati City court issued an extradition warrant of arrest and Hold Departure Order (HDO) against Pastor Apollo Quiboloy and two of his co-accused, in connection with the extradition case filed by the Government of the United States of America (USA).
In a statement released Friday, November 13, Hontiveros said that the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) pastor can no longer evade accountability, stating that Quiboloy had been on the FBI’s Most Wanted List for over four years for sex trafficking cases.
“Bilang Chairperson ng Senate Committee on Women, hindi ko malilimutan ang tapang ng mga babaeng humarap sa mga pagdinig na pinangunahan ko sa Senado,” the senator recalled.
Quiboloy may have powerful friends, Hontiveros said, but the women who stood up against him had “voices that could never be silenced.”
“He may have evaded accountability for far too long. That ends now,” she ended.
The Makati City court issued the extradition warrant of arrest against Quiboloy and two individuals, Teresita Tolibas Dandan and Helen Panilag, on November 12, after finding probable cause that each extraditee committed the offense/s charged.
