The euphoria of the Jumamoys in Inabanga as a result of the clean sweep in last Monday’s polls was punctuated with the flare up of violence which resulted in the killing of one of its kin. Randulf Jumamoy, 57, a barangay councilman of barangay Ilaud, Inabanga town was gunned down by an unidentified assailant last Thursday in the presence of his wife Ma. Eden after closing their restaurant inside the Ilaud Public Market. His wife is the incumbent barangay captain of Ilaud while her husband served as barangay councillor. In a check with the Inabanga police, it was gathered that investigators are not discounting the possibility of politics as behind the killing. The political angle of the killing was considered after it was learned that in the run up to Monday’s elections, the victim campaigned actively for his uncle. The victim was the nephew of newly elected vice mayor Ronnie Jumamoy, first degree cousin of former Inabanga mayor Jose “ Boy” Jumamoy.

The young Jumamoy took a lone bullet in the head resulting in his instant death. Upon taking a bullet in the , Jumamoy was rushed to the Dagohoy District Hospital in Inabanga but did not reach the hospital alive. Two motorcycle riding men went inside the public market and without any provocation, one of them shot the victim using a .45 cal. pistol. One of the gunmen wear shorts pants and red shirt. They wore no face cover, indicating that they were not known in the place the crime was committed. Police theorized that they were hired guns. Ronnie is just one of the four Jumamoys who swept their rivals in last Monday’s elections. Former Board Member Josephine Socorro Jumamoy made a grand comeback as municipal mayor while her daughter Jaja took her place to take on the number one spot in the three-member Sangguniang Panlalawigan leadership representing the second district. Another Jumamoy, Mayor Jono Jumamoy, chose to slide down to become councillor clinching the spot of topnotcher.