Tiktok user in an alleged assasination plot surrender

The alleged Tiktok user who made a threat in his Tiktok social media post to assassinate presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos voluntarily surrendered to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).

NBI OIC-Director said that Ruel ‘Bong’ Ricafort went to the NBI-Anti Organized and Transnational Crime Division (NBI-AOTCD) yesterday morning thru a friend and expressed his desire to voluntarily submit himself for investigation to clear his name. Ricafort likewise manifested his intention to file complaint against those persons who maliciously used his name, Director added.

In January 2022, a Tiktok video went viral in social media platform wherein a certain BONG RICAFORT threatened to assassinate former Senator and Presidential candidate Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos, Jr.

In his statement to the NBI, Ricafort said that when he was informed of the video, he searched and viewed the video and found out that someone illegally used his Tiktok account making it appear that his group plans to assassinate Bongbong Marcos.