TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – A 55-year-old peasant leader in Northern Luzon was reportedly abducted by still unidentified camouflage-wearing armed men at a bus terminal, here, last Monday afternoon.

The recent abduction of Myrna Abraham, a native of Isabela, has been blamed by her fellow peasant activists on the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).

Abraham was forcibly taken by still unidentified armed men after she came from Baguio City and had a stopover in Tuguegarao City prior to proceeding to Pamplona, which is her work assignment.

Militant groups said her abduction was “another affront to the effort of cause-oriented groups to serve the different sectors which are not being properly attended to by concerned government agencies.”

Numerous militant organizations in the different parts of Northern Luzon joined peasant groups in condemning the kidnapping of Abraham, who is working as a peasant coordinator in Pamplona town.

They said described it as a “cowardly act of the military to neutralize the existence of grassroots leaders.”

The Cordillera Human Rights Alliance (CHRA) cited the disappearances of influential militant leaders in different parts of Northern Luzon as alarming.

The CHRA said that it pictures the current state of the country and its officers who are allegedly involved in corrupt practices that have affected the country’s significant economic growth.